fall back
fall
fɔ:l
fawl
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/fˈɔːl bˈak/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "fall back"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšāϟāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move back, often from a challenging situation or conflict
to fall back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team decided to fall back when they realized they were outnumbered and outgunned.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to suddenly lose one's balance and fall backward
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the gust of wind intensified, the tree branch could n't hold its weight and started to fall back.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ“āϜāύ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to revert to a previous state of bad behavior, habit, or practice, especially after making an effort to change
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After completing a rehabilitation program, she was determined not to fall back into substance abuse.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to rely on something as a backup or alternative plan
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If the weather does n't improve, we may need to fall back on our indoor event option.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āχāύāĻĄā§‹āϰ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to reduce in number or value
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the economy struggled, consumer spending began to fall back.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ­ā§‹āĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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