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Noun fall back has 1 sense

disengagement, fallback, pullout - to break off a military action with an enemy
--₁ is a kind of retreat

Derived form: verb fall back₃

Verb fall back has 6 senses

fall back - fall backwards and down
--₁ is one way to lean back, recline
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
--₂ is one way to follow
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
recede, fall back, retire - move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
--₃ is one way to withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

Derived form: noun fallback₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede - retreat
--₄ is one way to regress, retrograde, retrogress
Antonyms: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
fall back, resort, recur - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
--₅ is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
--₆ is one way to revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s