Verb

• S: (v) fall back (fall backwards and down)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) lean back, recline (move the upper body backwards and down)
• S: (v) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle (to incline or bend from a vertical position) "She leaned over the banister"
• S: (v) bend, flex (form a curve) "The stick does not bend"
• S: (v) change shape, change form, deform (assume a different shape or form)
• S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind (hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)
• S: (v) fall back (move back and away from) "The enemy fell back"
• S: (v) fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede (retreat)
• S: (v) fall back, resort, recur (have recourse to) "The government resorted to rationing meat"
• S: (v) relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back (go back to bad behavior) "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"