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fall back

verb

  1. to recede or retreat
  2. foll byon or upon to have recourse (to)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a retreat
  2. a reserve, esp money, that can be called upon in need
    1. anything to which one can have recourse as a second choice
    2. ( as modifier )

      a fall-back position

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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They’re more likely to lose their jobs and less likely to have savings to fall back on.

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If all goes to plan, it will orbit the Earth for around three hours before falling back to Earth off the coast of Portugal.

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"I think it's very cruel that mummy has this service to fall back on, every day for 16 years, and then all of a sudden it's just not there anymore."

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I’m used to falling back in love with the world in spring and going wild in summer, and then getting serious in the fall, getting incredibly depressed in the winter.

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"I had to fall back in love with drama and acting. I literally got into a panic attack doing a stupid monologue - crying, panicking. I was shaken," she said.

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