fall_back

[fall_back]

Have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

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Verb
go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

Verb
retreat

Verb
move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

Verb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

Verb
fall backwards and down

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Verb
have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"


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Usage Examples

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.

You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.

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Other Usage Examples

We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard.

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

I'm lucky to have a great support system in my friends and some of my family. If you have those people that you trust, go ahead and fall back into them and let them be your hammock and cocoon and let them embrace you.

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