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"
• 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)
• S: (v) fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede (retreat)
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) recession [Related to: recede] (the act of ceding back)
• W: (n) receding [Related to: recede] (the act of becoming more distant)
• sentence frame
• S: (v) fall back, resort, recur (have recourse to) "The government resorted to rationing meat"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) resort [Related to: resort] (act of turning to for assistance) "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
• W: (n) resort [Related to: resort] (something or someone turned to for assistance or security) "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back (go back to bad behavior) "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"