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fall back

fall back verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.

Verb

fall back (third-person singular simple present falls back, present participle falling back, simple past fell back, past participle fallen back)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
  2. To retreat.
    Synonyms:
    ebb, ebb away, recede, retreat
  3. To fail to fulfill a promise or purpose.
  4. To turn the clocks back for the end of daylight saving time.

fall back meaning in Tamil and Kannada

fall back in Tamil

பின்சார்தல்

fall back in Kannada

ಮರೆಹೋಗು, ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸು, ಪೆರಗೆಡೆ

Synonyms of fall back

Forms of fall back

third-person singular presentfalls back
present participlefalling back
pastfell back
past participlefallen back

Words formed from fall back

Questions about fall back

What does fall back mean?
Fall back means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
What is fall back in Tamil?
Fall back in Tamil is பின்சார்தல். See Fall back meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fall back?
Fall back is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall back?
The past tense of fall back is fell back.

Words near fall back in the dictionary

  1. Fall aster
  2. Fall asters
  3. fall at the final hurdle
  4. fall at the last hurdle
  5. fall away
  6. fall back
  7. fall back into
  8. fall back on
  9. fall back upon
  10. fall behind
  11. fall below

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fall back (page history and authors); fall back (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fall back (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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