fall back
Example Sentences
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There is no need to wait for excited electrons to fall back to lower energy levels.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
With United's attackers given more freedom, they often seem to be looking to solutions during the game more reactively compared to the more repeatable methods of creation Maresca can fall back on.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
This relic of combustion awakens in the morning with the refinement of a coffee grinder, winding at around 3,000 rpm until the catalytic converter heats up and the revs fall back to idle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
That leaves you with enough money, roughly, to 90, and then you’d have only your guaranteed income to fall back on.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
He lets himself fall back to the bed, our magnetic pull severed.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
