fall back

The phrase “fall back” has 2 syllables: fall back

It's pronounced as /fɔl bæk/


What is synonym and antonym for fall back?

In the thesaurus, “fall back” has 5 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fall back along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fall back

  • drop back
  • pull out
  • retire
  • retreat
  • withdraw

Antonyms for fall back

Meanings of fall back

  • verb
    1. To retreat.
    2. To fail to fulfil a promise or purpose.

Example Sentences

  • When faced with uncertainty, it's natural to fall back on familiar routines for comfort.
  • As the situation escalated, the troops were ordered to fall back to a more defensible position.
  • When Plan A failed, they had to fall back on their contingency plan to salvage the project.
  • In times of crisis, people often fall back on their faith for strength and guidance.
  • Despite his best efforts, he couldn't help but fall back into old habits when under stress.

On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fall back, such as: advance, breast, drop back, face, pull out, retire, retreat.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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about-faced

  • alter
  • arced
  • arched
  • backtracked
  • bent
  • bowed
  • change
  • convert
  • countermanded
  • crooked
  • curved
  • degenerate
  • deviate
  • drift
  • fall back
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  • move
  • overturn
  • overturned
  • pivoted
  • react
  • regress
  • relocate
  • remove
  • retract
  • return
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  • reverted
  • revoked
  • rounded
  • shift
  • ship
  • shuffle
  • struck down
  • swept
  • swing
  • switch
  • transfer
  • transform
  • turn
  • turn back
  • twist
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about-facing

  • alter
  • arching
  • arcing
  • backtracking
  • bending
  • bowing
  • change
  • circling
  • coiling
  • convert
  • curling
  • curving
  • degenerate
  • deviate
  • drift
  • fall back
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  • hooking
  • looping
  • move
  • overturn
  • overturning
  • pivoting
  • react
  • regress
  • relocate
  • remove
  • retract
  • return
  • reverse
  • reverting
  • rounding
  • shift
  • ship
  • shuffle
  • sluing
  • spiraling
  • spiralling
  • striking down
  • sweeping
  • swing
  • switch
  • transfer
  • transform
  • turn
  • turn back
  • twist
  • vary
  • veer
  • wheeling

back

  • aback
  • abaft
  • abet
  • abide by
  • about
  • across
  • adopt
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • affirm
  • aft
  • after
  • ago
  • agone
  • aid
  • ally
  • angel
  • anticlockwise
  • around
  • assist
  • astern
  • athwart
  • attend
  • avouch
  • back end
  • back of
  • backside
  • backstop
  • backtrack
  • backward
  • backwards
  • bail out
  • bankroll
  • bear a hand
  • behind
  • benefit
  • bolster
  • boost
  • buttress
  • champion
  • chink
  • comfort
  • confirm
  • corroborate
  • counsel
  • countenance
  • counter
  • counterclockwise
  • delayed
  • deliver
  • dorsal
  • down
  • downfall
  • downward
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  • drive back
  • ease
  • elapsed
  • embolden
  • embrace
  • encourage
  • endorse
  • espouse
  • establish
  • extremity
  • facilitate
  • fall back
  • far end
  • favor
  • final
  • finance
  • following
  • former
  • forward
  • foster
  • further
  • give a boost
  • give a leg up
  • give a lift
  • go in for
  • go to bat for
  • grubstake
  • guide
  • hamartia
  • hearten
  • help
  • hind
  • hinder
  • hindmost
  • hindpart
  • hindquarters
  • hold a brief for
  • in the wake of
  • indorse
  • jugular
  • launch
  • left-handed
  • left-handedly
  • mentor
  • nurture
  • oblige
  • obversely
  • overdue
  • past
  • patronize
  • plug
  • posterior
  • preach
  • previous
  • profit
  • promote
  • prove
  • rear
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  • rearward
  • rearwards
  • recede
  • reenforce
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  • reinforce
  • repel
  • repulse
  • rescue
  • retire
  • retract
  • retreat
  • retrograde
  • reverse
  • reversely
  • round
  • ruin
  • sanction
  • save
  • second
  • serve
  • side with
  • since
  • soft spot
  • sponsor
  • stake
  • stand behind
  • stand up for
  • stern
  • sternforemost
  • stick by
  • stick up for
  • subsidize
  • substantiate
  • succor
  • support
  • sustain
  • syne
  • tail
  • tail end
  • tailpiece
  • talk up
  • to stand one in good stead
  • tragic flaw
  • turn tail
  • underbelly
  • underwrite
  • undoing
  • uphold
  • validate
  • verify
  • widdershins
  • withdraw
  • withershins

back away

backpedal


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