āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
fall back
/fËÉËl bËak/
to fall back
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to move back, often from a challenging situation or conflict
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team decided to fall back when they realized they were outnumbered and outgunned.
āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻ āĻ
āϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to suddenly lose one's balance and fall backward
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the gust of wind intensified, the tree branch could n't hold its weight and started to fall back.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻĄāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāύ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to revert to a previous state of bad behavior, habit, or practice, especially after making an effort to change
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After completing a rehabilitation program, she was determined not to fall back into substance abuse.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§āϰ āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to rely on something as a backup or alternative plan
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If the weather does n't improve, we may need to fall back on our indoor event option.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāύā§āύāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύāĻĄā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒā§ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to reduce in number or value
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the economy struggled, consumer spending began to fall back.
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āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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