falling back
Withdrawing under pressure
Falling back is retreating or withdrawing, especially from a position or commitment.
Troops fall back when they retreat.
You fall back on something when you resort to it as a backup: If this plan fails, we can fall back on the original approach.
Falling back also describes clocks moving an hour earlier when daylight saving time ends.
- reversionReturn to former state
- relapseReturn to former illness
- regressRevert to earlier state
- atavismReturn to ancestral type
- returnGo back again
fallback · retreat · rear guard · backpedaling · giving ground · yield · safety net · safety valve · surrender · plan B · contingency · second choice · withdrawal · ebb · comfort zone · recede · defense mechanism · recession
- retreatwithdrawal, retreating, withdraw, pullback, retreat
- shock reactionsgasp, wide eyes, jaw drop, shocked face, open mouth
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- mishitsmishit, shank, chunk, skull, whiff
falling backadvancing
Moving in forward direction
pushing forward · attacking · charging · moving up · surging
falling backmoving forward
Continuing toward a goal
progressing · advancing · gaining ground · forging ahead · moving ahead
falling backinnovating
Creating original methods
pioneering · taking the initiative · going all in · doubling down · taking initiative
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