| Verb | 1. | fall back - fall backwards and down |
| 2. | fall back - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. | |
| 3. | fall back - move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" | |
| 4. | fall back - retreat Antonyms: gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" | |
| 5. | fall back - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" | |
| 6. | fall back - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" |
| fall back - A feature of a modem protocol where two modems which experience data corruption, e.g. due to line noise, can renegotiate to use a lower speed connection. See also fall forward. |
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