fall back

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verb

1. fall backwards and down (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
lean back, recline
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
lag, dawdle, fall behind
• Derivationally related forms:
dawdler (for: dawdle), lag (for: lag), lagger (for: lag), laggard (for: lag)
• Hypernyms:
follow
• Hyponyms:
drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. move back and away from (Freq. 2)
- The enemy fell back
• Derivationally related forms:
fallback
• Hypernyms:
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede,
pull back, retire, move back
• Hyponyms:
ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. retreat (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
lose, drop off, fall behind, recede
• Ant:
gain
• Derivationally related forms:
recession (for: recede), receding (for: recede)
• Hypernyms:
regress, retrograde, retrogress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. have recourse to
- The government resorted to rationing meat
• Syn:
resort, recur
• Derivationally related forms:
resort (for: resort)
• Hypernyms:
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. go back to bad behavior
- Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
• Syn:
relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress
• Derivationally related forms:
recidivism (for: recidivate), lapse (for: lapse), relapse (for: relapse), relapsing (for: relapse)
• Hypernyms:
revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s