āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
drop back
/dÉšËÉp bËak/
to drop back
[phrase form: drop]
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to take a position in the rear, especially in a military formation, for strategic purposes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the tactical maneuver, the infantry was ordered to drop back to strengthen the rear guard.
āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛āĻāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛ā§, āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to move or retreat to a position further behind, especially in a group or a line
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the pace increased, some cyclists chose to drop back in the peloton.
āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
