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
She said the family often faced stigma when they produced their Pakistani identity documents, but at least they had something to fall back on - for the sisters even that is not an option anymore.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025
And when he stops being that, he has something to fall back on.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
On the other hand, of course, these people have something to fall back on, which is the sense that certain things from the U.S. do come to them: pop culture and internet culture.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024
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
