fall back on

fall back on
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "fall back on":
present tense I/you/we/they fall back on he/she/it falls back on present participle falling back on past tense fell back on past participle fallen back on
fall back on something to use or do something else after other things have failed

She always has her teaching experience to fall back on.


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  • fall back — [v] retreat back, draw back, give back, recede, recoil, retire, retrocede, retrograde, surrender, withdraw, yield; concept 195 Ant. forge, forward, progress …   New thesaurus

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  • fall back — index regress, relapse, retire (retreat), retreat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fall back on — index exploit (make use of) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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