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fall back

verb as in retreat

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And Perkins can too easily fall back on predictable techniques, overlaying cheery pop songs on top of macabre scenes for cheap ironic effect.

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Discovery, but they have since fallen back to being up about 10%.

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Manufacture of computers and electronics also boosted production, though machinery and equipment output fell back, the data showed.

Halloween weekend partygoers will get an extra hour of fun Saturday night — technically, Sunday morning — as clocks across the West Coast fall back an hour.

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She kept expecting to fall back to the ground.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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