fell back

In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.

The missile fell back to earth after just 40 seconds in the air.

Instead, she fell back on her stock answer that there are parts of the law that need to be fixed.

Her hand tightened on mine and her head fell back upon my shoulder, but she still trembled and I petted her and comforted her.

Instead, liberals fell back on their natural vocabulary: the vocabulary of international cooperation and nonviolence.

With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.

His head fell back limp on MacRae's arm, and the rest of the message went with the game old Dutchman across the big divide.

So I fell back on the simple methods of the plainsman and Indian and jogged along on their trail.

Turning the position, the French swept down on Portugal, while the English hurriedly fell back before them.

Disheartened, the Confederates now fell back, leaving the field to those who had so valiantly defended it.