fall back, v.
freq. cnt. 7
freq. cnt. 7
move back and away from
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
fall back
sample sentences
"The enemy fell back"verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2
dawdle fall back fall behind lag
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
fall backwards and down
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
fall back
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym
retreat
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
drop off fall back fall behind recede
verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
hypernym
go back to bad behavior
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
fall back lapse recidivate regress relapse retrogress
sample sentences
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
have recourse to
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
fall back recur resort
sample sentences
"The government resorted to rationing meat"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym