fall back

Example Sentences

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But winters in the Spiti Valley are long and quiet, with little agricultural work to fall back on.

From BBC

As the Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey told me, Interest rates should see "some further reduction", but will not fall back to the historically low levels seen back then.

From BBC

She stayed with them the same way a puppy would, first sprinting ahead, then falling back to investigate something, circling around them, eager to play.

From Literature

In fact, measures of consumers’ year-ahead inflation expectations have fallen back since peaking last spring, and longer-run inflation expectations have continued to be relatively stable, Cook acknowledged.

From Barron's

I tried to get up, but I slipped on the mud and fell back in.

From Literature