fallen back
Withdrew under pressure
Fallen back is the past participle of fall back, meaning to retreat or withdraw: The troops had fallen back to defensive positions.
It also describes reverting to something familiar when other options fail: She had fallen back on her savings.
In time contexts, it refers to setting clocks back: We'd fallen back an hour for daylight saving.
- relapseReturn to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- lost groundYielded previously held advantage
- give wayCollapse or relent
decline · retrogression · withdraw · deteriorate · retreat · recede · recoil · downturn · succumb · ceded · falter · stagnation · diminishing returns · reversal · regress · retreating · lapsed · second string
fallen backmoved forward
Changed position ahead
advanced · pushed forward · progressed · moved ahead · forged ahead
fallen backadvanced
Far along in development
attacked · charged · pushed forward · counterattacked · dug in
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