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Verb
S:
(v)
fall back
(fall backwards and down)
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"
direct troponym
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full troponym
S:
(v)
ebb
,
ebb away
,
ebb down
,
ebb out
,
ebb off
(flow back or recede)
"the tides ebbed at noon"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
withdraw
,
retreat
,
pull away
,
draw back
,
recede
,
pull back
,
retire
,
move back
(pull back or move away or backward)
"The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
S:
(v)
fall back
,
drop off
,
fall behind
,
recede
(retreat)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
regress
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
(get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
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"