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fall back

verb

  1. to recede or retreat
  2. foll byon or upon to have recourse (to)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a retreat
  2. a reserve, esp money, that can be called upon in need
    1. anything to which one can have recourse as a second choice
    2. ( as modifier )

      a fall-back position

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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I’m used to falling back in love with the world in spring and going wild in summer, and then getting serious in the fall, getting incredibly depressed in the winter.

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"I had to fall back in love with drama and acting. I literally got into a panic attack doing a stupid monologue - crying, panicking. I was shaken," she said.

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The price of gold hit a record high of $3,167.57 an ounce at one point on Thursday, before falling back.

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However, analysts at consultancy Cornwall Insight who monitor the energy market have predicted that the cap could fall back again in July, to close to the current level.

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If you struggle to remember which way the clocks change, then this saying might help 'Spring forward, fall back'.

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