- disengagement, fallback, pullout - to break off a military action with an enemy
--1 is a kind of retreat
Derived form: verb fall back3
- fall back - fall backwards and down
--1 is one way to lean back, recline
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
--2 is one way to follow
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- recede, fall back, retire - move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
--3 is one way to withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun fallback1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede - retreat
--4 is one way to regress, retrograde, retrogress
Antonyms: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- fall back, resort, recur - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
--5 is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
--6 is one way to revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.