fall back into
Return to habitually
To fall back into something is to return to a previous habit, pattern, or state after a period away from it.
The phrase suggests slipping rather than choosing—a gravitational pull toward the familiar: After a few stressful weeks, she fell back into smoking.
Often implies relapse or regression: He fell back into his old ways, They fell back into their comfortable routine.
- recurHappen more than once
- regressRevert to earlier state
- relapseReturn to former illness
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- repeatDo or say again
retreat · backslide · slump · recoil · fallback · deteriorate · spiral · descend · succumb · return · sink · default · cycle · vicious cycle · oscillate · withdraw · resume · revolve
fall back intomove forward
Travel in intended direction
advance · progress · push forward · forge ahead · press on
fall back intorise above
Overcome by staying superior
overcome · snap out of · shake off · leave behind · transcend
fall back intomove forward
Travel in intended direction
break through · push ahead · transcend · outgrow · grow out of
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