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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"
S:
(v)
fall back
,
drop off
,
fall behind
,
recede
(retreat)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
regress
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
(get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
direct troponym
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
antonym
W:
(v)
progress
[Opposed to:
regress
] (develop in a positive way)
"He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
derivationally related form
sentence frame
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Somebody ----s
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"