Overview of noun fall_back

The noun fallback has 1 sense

• disengagement, fallback, pullout -- (to break off a military action with an enemy)

Overview of verb fall_back

The verb fall back has 6 senses

• fall back -- (fall backwards and down)


• lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind -- (hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)


• fall back -- (move back and away from; "The enemy fell back")


• fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede -- (retreat)


• fall back, resort, recur -- (have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat")


• relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back -- (go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals")