Verb
|
| fall back -
retreat
|
|
|
lose,
drop off,
fall behind,
recede |
|
|
gain ground,
get ahead,
make headway,
pull ahead,
win,
gain,
advance be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
|
|
|
retrogress,
regress,
retrograde get worse or fall back to a previous condition
|
| fall back -
move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
|
|
|
move back,
pull away,
draw back,
recede,
retreat,
pull back,
retire,
withdraw become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
|
|
|
ebb away,
ebb down,
ebb off,
ebb out,
ebb fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
|
| fall back -
have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
|
|
|
resort,
recur |
|
|
utilise,
employ,
utilize,
use,
apply convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
|
| fall back -
fall backwards and down
|
|
|
lean back,
recline move the upper body backwards and down
|
| fall back -
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
|
|
|
lag,
dawdle,
fall behind |
|
|
follow behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example"
|
|
|
drop behind,
get behind,
hang back,
drop back,
trail,
drag take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football; "The defender dropped back behind his teammate"
|
| fall back -
go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
|
|
|
relapse,
lapse,
recidivate,
regress,
retrogress |
|
|
retrovert,
revert,
regress,
turn back,
return undergo reversion, as in a mutation
|
