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Also, fall back upon . Rely on, have recourse to, as in I fall back on old friends in time of need , or When he lost his job he had to fall back upon his savings . [Mid-1800s]

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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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"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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"India's lower exposure to global goods trade could work in our favour. If export-driven economies slow down under tariff pressure, and we continue growing at 6%, we'll start looking stronger by comparison - especially with our large domestic market to fall back on," says Rajeswari Sengupta, an associate professor of economics at Mumbai-based Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.

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"Once I have a structure in place and I can fall back on the process again I will feel very set," she said this month.

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The other two had no such belief to fall back on.

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