fall back on

Example Sentences

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Their only request was that I have something to fall back on, “so you know what kind of work you’re out of.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Now I had to fall back on the area’s limited fast-charging options.

From The Wall Street Journal

Human Rights Watch said that by giving team doctors little direction, soccer’s policy “encourages” them to fall back on the invasive physical examinations of women for sex verification that sparked outrage about track and field’s treatment of Olympic champion Semenya, Indian sprinter Dutee Chand and others more than a decade ago, and which should have sounded a blaring warning call to all sports.

From Washington Times

While the reservoir was a main source of water for cooling the six reactors and spent fuel ponds at Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, the plant can fall back on other sources including a large cooling pond which the International Atomic Energy Agency says has enough water to last for months.

From Reuters

The agency has said earlier that the Zaporizhzhia plant can fall back on other water sources when the reservoir's water is no longer available, including a large cooling pond above the reservoir with several months' worth of water.

From Reuters