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View definitions for fallback

fallback

noun as in retreat

noun as in replacement

Strongest match

Weak match

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There was no fallback plan — just a willingness to be vulnerable and responsive.

Mr Austin admitted that because of the IT issue, staff resorted to using pens and paper as a fallback "so we can keep good records and keep track of patients".

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McDonald’s runs became the fallback, where they regularly ran into Cardinals players.

Eager to serve his premise regarding Dylan’s Jewishness, Freedman sometimes turns it into a flimsy fallback device.

As a fallback option, Alsup, an appointee of President Clinton, cited claims from people who rely on the National Park Service or on the Veteran Affairs, Defense, Energy, Agriculture, Interior and Treasury departments.

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

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