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What is another word for
falling back
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Verb
Present participle for to go or move back or further away from a previous position
Present participle for to fall or lag behind, especially in a game or contest
Present participle for to move or turn back
Present participle for to sink or slump into a sitting or lying position
Present participle for to revert or relapse to a previous state or condition
Present participle for to take back or renege on an initial statement or stance
Present participle for to move or depart to another place
Noun
The act or state of retreating from a place, situation or encounter
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to go or move back or further away from a previous position
retreating
receding
retroceding
withdrawing
ebbing
retiring
retrograding
backing
recoiling
backing away
drawing back
pulling out
running away
going back
backtracking
backpedalling
UK
backpedaling
US
moving back
doubling back
returning
retracing your steps
turning back
flowing back
turning tail
retracting
falling away
regressing
reversing
returning to
getting back
going back to
going down
backing off
sinking
retrogressing
subsiding
moving backwards
moving further off
backing up
going backward
coming back
backing out
departing
going out
moving away
revisiting
driving back
moving backward
getting lower
abating
going into reverse
going away
falling
drawing away
coming again
sinking lower
going back over the same ground
flowing out
retreating to
coming home
harking back
arriving home
arriving back
recanting
about-facing
doing an about-turn
doing a U-turn
dooing an about-face
backing down
doing a volte-face
driving backwards
flowing away
settling
more ❯
“After suffering three defeats in a row, the team had no choice but to
fall back
and reassess their strategies.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fall or lag behind, especially in a game or contest
lagging
falling behind
lagging behind
dropping behind
trailing behind
hanging back
holding back
losing ground
tarrying
trailing
straying
losing
dallying
dawdling
lingering
delaying
loitering
crawling
dillydallying
creeping
diddling
dragging
poking
moping
lollygagging
lallygagging
straggling
plodding
dithering
idling
limping
staying
faltering
inching
dropping
getting no place fast
shilly-shallying
sauntering
dragging your feet
slowing up
shuffling
tailing
putting off
trudging
slowing down
dragging behind
slouching
moving slowly
inching along
dilly-dallying
bringing up the rear
staggering
falling off
procrastinating
hesitating
stalling
pausing
taking your time
taking one's time
hanging fire
vacillating
marking time
hanging around
nosing
snailing
temporizing
US
oozing
waiting
wasting time
temporising
UK
hanging about
creaking along
dragging your heels
playing for time
drifting
mooching
loafing
drooping
moseying
lolling
trifling
filibustering
going slowly
wavering
killing time
staying put
warming a chair
pottering about
pottering around
pottering round
sitting around
fooling around
using delaying tactics
humming and hawing
putting off doing something
goofing off
holding off
playing a waiting game
strolling
toddling
puttering
slacking
fiddling
batting
mooning
languishing
stooging
shirking
whiling away time
stonewalling
schlepping along
biding
tottering
draggling
slow-walking
waiting around
buying time
hanging on
horsing around
limping along
hanging round
creeping along
losing time
goofing around
wabbling
teetering
demurring
advancing slowly
wearing on
hanging heavy
appearing to pass slowly
going on and on
going on too long
halting
wobbling
scrupling
retarding
havering
postponing
deferring
protracting
prolonging
adjourning
becoming tedious
cooling
swithering
goldbricking
hovering
taking a raincheck
suspending action
postponing action
deferring action
letting something slide
kicking the can down the road
staying in the background
staying back
shrinking back
shying away
wandering
ambling
meandering
roaming
rambling
pottering
roving
ranging
dangling
erring
scrambling
maundering
straddling
sagging
poking along
walking slowly
diddle-daddling
frittering time away
sitting on one's butt
frittering away
scrounging around
shlepping along
bumming around
hanging out
poking around
strining out
hanging down
more ❯
“In the final minutes of the game, our team began to
fall back
, unable to keep up with the relentless pace of our opponents.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or turn back
retreating
withdrawing
retiring
fleeing
pulling out
pulling back
drawing back
turning tail
backing off
taking flight
moving away
beating a hasty retreat
beating a retreat
pulling away
recoiling
backing away
giving ground
receding
shrinking
giving way
backing out
shrinking away
shying away
losing ground
bolting
escaping
vamoosing
running away
splitting
beating it
running for it
clearing out
moving back
shrinking back
skedaddling
running off
scraming
scramming
taking off
scarpering
disengaging
leaving
legging it
cutting and run
making off
peeling out
balking
US
baulking
UK
flying
running
skipping off
decamping
quitting
hooking it
hightailing it
cowering
straggling
retracting
falling behind
dropping behind
regressing
departing
evacuating
levanting
showing a clean pair of heels
flying the coop
making a break for it
lighting out
heading for the hills
going away
doing a runner
cutting out
flinching
blenching
bugging out
doing a fade
making a run for it
making a quick exit
taking a powder
quailing
stepping back
going backward
doing a bunk
backing down
groveling
US
cringing
grovelling
UK
distancing oneself
resiling
turning away
making oneself scarce
moving out
drawing away
dropping out
crawfishing
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
refusing
jerking back
wincing
hanging back
crouching
starting
squinching
slinking
starting back
springing back
jumping back
shuddering
reversing
evading
breaking
going
vacating
folding
eluding
abandoning
going back
taking to your heels
making a getaway
clearing off
shooting through
going through
absconding
absenting yourself
doing a disappearing act
scooting
making tracks
exiting
getting away
going off
bailing out
pushing off
shoving off
hightailing
abstracting oneself
making an exit
disappearing
bugging off
taking it on the lam
getting going
setting off
sloping off
setting out
getting out
deserting
vanishing
moving
taking a hike
betaking oneself
bailing
upping sticks
getting
buzzing off
stepping along
lamming
running along
slinging your hook
walking out
parting
blowing
digging out
flitting
breaking out of
getting lost
packing off
pushing on
stepping on it
piking out
packing your bags
removing
packing up
saying your goodbyes
piking off
getting off
booking
scampering
hitting the road
peeling off
repairing
starting out
sallying forth
skipping
breaking camp
going out
slipping away
running out on
making a break
racking off
hitting the trail
adjourning
scatting
making quick exit
shunning
stealing away
taking leave
doing a moonlight flit
cutting loose
ducking out
getting under way
scattering
bogging off
making a move
heading off
pulling stakes
having it away
dashing off
stepping out
stepping on the gas
jumping
fleeing from
flying from
running away from
bolting from
abandoning ship
flying away
hiding
hastening away
making your escape
clearing
avoiding
running from
taking oneself
deserting under fire
running scared
turning around
making a U-turn
leaving in the lurch
walking out on
opting out
kissing goodbye
making a dash for it
dumping
leaving holding the bag
leaving flat
springing
running like scared rabbit
leaving high and dry
copping out
ditching
moving fast
shaking a leg
scurrying
hustling
making haste
whizzing
speeding
dashing
hastening
racing
zipping
making time
getting a move on
going like lightning
rushing
hurrying up
expediting
spurring
hurrying
darting
moving off
absenting
proceeding
hitting the bricks
saying goodbye
migrating
emigrating
abdicating
going forth
trooping
advancing
setting forth
marching out
gitting
moving on
blasting off
sallying
moving along
hauling off
oning your bike
hopping it
avaunting
hurrying away
nicking off
getting along
going and jump in the lake
beating off
naffing off
sodding off
shooing
going jump in the lake
busting
slipping
breaking free
doing a Skase
making a escape
working out of
doing a vanishing act
taking on the lam
sneaking away
breaking away from
emerging
making
going scot-free
playing hooky
passing
bursting out
slipping through your fingers
breaking loose
getting free
doubling
eloping
breaking out
taking French leave
wriggling out
getting away with
going on the lam
cruising
making for
moseying
skipping out
ranging
making one's way
walking off
wending
more ❯
“After realizing they were heading in the wrong direction, they decided to
fall back
and retrace their steps.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to sink or slump into a sitting or lying position
subsiding
sinking
slumping
flopping
sagging
slouching
lolling
settling
collapsing
flumping
plopping oneself
falling
dropping
tumbling
sliding
stumbling
crumpling
falling down
buckling
cratering
going down
slipping
drooping
crumbling
toppling
plummetting
plummeting
plunging
tripping
pitching
crashing
foundering
diving
nosediving
dropping down
lowering oneself
falling over
tipping over
keeling over
toppling over
falling headlong
taking a header
hitting the dirt
tripping up
going belly up
folding
descending
ducking
plumping oneself
planking oneself
staggering
falling flat
lurching
pratfalling
falling head over heels
going end over end
going headlong
pitching forward
coming a cropper
falling end over end
going head over heels
tumbling over
taking a dive
taking a spill
tripping over
sitting heavily
skidding
going for six
falling in a heap
prostrating oneself
fainting
plumping
flopping down
rolling
keeling
downing
flooring
grabbling
pitching over
bowling down
doing a pratfall
knocking down
knocking over
losing your footing
losing your balance
sprawling
taking a nosedive
Verb
▲
Present participle for to revert or relapse to a previous state or condition
going back to
lapsing
degenerating
reverting
relapsing
deteriorating
worsening
regressing
backsliding
retrogressing
slipping back
retrograding
recidivating
sliding back
drifting back
falling
receding
returning
sinking back
going backwards
going back
turning back
declining
sinking
ebbing
decaying
atrophying
slumping
waning
crumbling
suffering
weakening
fading
failing
devolving
dropping
rotting
descending
subsiding
retreating
retroceding
turning the clock back
getting worse
falling away
losing headway
going downhill
moving back
going to pot
throwing back
going to the dogs
falling off
losing ground
rolling back
going back to your old ways
reverting to old habits
slipping back to old ways
reverting to a former state
returning to
lapsing into
taking a step back
falling off the wagon
forfeiting
conceding
slipping
yielding
giving way
falling behind
falling farther behind
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take back or renege on an initial statement or stance
retracting
recanting
withdrawing
repudiating
renouncing
reneging
abjuring
repealing
forswearing
reversing
unsaying
disavowing
disclaiming
abnegating
revoking
recalling
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
disowning
denying
rescinding
retreating
foreswearing
countermanding
annulling
retroceding
withcalling
apologising
UK
apologizing
US
retrograding
receding
welshing
suspending
eliminating
excluding
taking back
backing off
backing down
going back on
reneging on
backing out
eating your words
backtracking on
drawing back
backing out of
calling off
changing mind
doing an about-turn on
doing a U-turn on
changing one's tune
forgetting it
rowing back on
ruling out
having change of heart
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or depart to another place
withdrawing
leaving
departing
going
exiting
retiring
retreating
decamping
vacating
removing
blowing
repairing
adjourning
receding
clearing
drawing
going away
taking off
going off
running along
bailing out
pulling out
making oneself scarce
getting lost
getting away
checking out
taking leave
taking a hike
betaking oneself
abstracting oneself
absenting yourself
backing away
drawing away
taking oneself
bowing out
pulling back
secluding oneself
shutting oneself away
moving out of
retiring from
retreating from
Noun
▲
The act or state of retreating from a place, situation or encounter
fallback
withdrawal
recession
retreat
pullout
evacuation
disengagement
ebbing
recourse
retirement
flight
pullback
ebb
departure
leaving
withdrawment
desertion
exit
exodus
eviction
clearance
exiting
abandonment
abdication
katabasis
egress
vacation
extraction
marooning
egression
secession
pulling back
pull-out
pulling out
drawing out
moving out
escape
decamping
fleeing
disappearance
absconding
parting
decampment
departing
running away
break
going
getaway
leave
quitting
bolting
farewell
leave-taking
breakout
slip
outgo
going away
migration
lam
adieu
offgoing
emigration
hegira
evasion
passage
walking out
vanishing act
defection
rout
passing
separation
bunk
goodbye
outgoing
escaping
breakaway
removal
spring
flying
forsaking
beat
resignation
flit
lighting out
turning tail
break-out
running out on
bolt for freedom
expiration
dissolution
exeunt
diaspora
outpour
outflow
outpouring
gush
apostasy
split
journey
abscondment
mass departure
disunion
severance
setting-out
going out
chicken run
breakup
vacation of a place
liberation
seceding
outbreak
extrication
splitting
disaffiliation
release
freedom
bolt
elopement
truancy
runaround
deliverance
sidestepping
emptying
springing
AWOL
rescue
running off
betrayal
depopulation
cowardice
unpeopling
tergiversation
elusion
going absent without leave
falling away
going AWOL
going back on
taking French leave
pull-out from
flight from
retreat from
departure from
exodus from
withdrawal from
clearance from
disappearance from
vacation from
bug out
escapement
vanishing
exfiltration
retreating
fugue
checking out
taking powder
hasty departure
leavetaking
congé
embarkation
expatriation
retiral
walkout
takeoff
withdrawing
start
going off
sailing off into the sunset
taking a powder
bow out
setting off
starting out
setting out
taking leave
setting forth
taking off
bowing out
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