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 / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / 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"
• S: (v) travel, go, move, locomote (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically) "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
• derivationally related form
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• S: (v) fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede (retreat)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) regress, retrograde, retrogress (get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
• antonym
• W: (v) gain [Opposed to: fall back] (obtain advantages, such as points, etc.) "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"; "win points"
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• 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"