Word

drop back, v.
freq. cnt. 1

take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football
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drop back

sample sentences

"The defender dropped back behind his teammate"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

to lag or linger behind
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drag drop back drop behind get behind hang back trail

sample sentences

"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

lag, fall back, dawdle, fall behind