something to 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 • Nov. 25, 2025

And when he stops being that, he has something to fall back on.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

"I want to do as well as I can just in case the football doesn't work out - I want to have something to fall back on," the Year 11 pupil says.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2022

In fact, when I got Star Trek I told my mom and she said, "Yeah, that's really nice, but you're going to need something to fall back on."

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2021

But through it all, he had always had something to fall back on, ever since 1959 when he had gone to that first practice.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger