fall back
Example Sentences
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Despite this, they did have some reliable methods of attack on which to fall back.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Some kids would be a little bit more reserved and fall back.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
When imagination fails, the boys fall back on “formats”—copy-and-paste scripts traded online and passed phone to phone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
Bris urged the government to instead continue its reforms of SiS homes, and to strengthen networks around children in institutional care to ensure they do not fall back into criminality on their release.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
She’d do what her parents had suggested, send it back, fall back into them to become a three again.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
