fall back
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
fall backwards and down
Types & categories
- recline hypernym
Sense 2 verb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
move back and away from
The enemy fell back
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fallback derivation
Sense 4 verb
retreat
Types & categories
- retrogress hypernym
Related & opposite
- pull ahead antonym
- receding derivation
- ceding back derivation
Sense 5 verb
have recourse to
The government resorted to rationing meat
Types & categories
- use hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
go back to bad behavior
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
Types & categories
- revert hypernym
Related & opposite
- backsliding derivation
- recidivism derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | recline |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trailer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | follow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trail |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fallback |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | retreat |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ebb |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | pull ahead |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | receding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceding back |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | retrogress |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | recourse |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | recourse |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | use |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | backsliding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | recidivism |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | revert |