fall back on (something)

to depend on something after a loss or failure.

The family has no savings to fall back on.

I fell back on skills I had learned years ago when I had to earn a living for myself.

• make a federal case of something
• make a federal case out of
• make a federal case out of something
• make a fool of
• make a fool of yourself
• make a good fist of
• make a good fist of doing something
• make a good fist of something
• make a great play of
• make a great play of something
• make a hole in
• make a hole in something
• make a killing
• make allowances for
• make allowances for someone
• make allowances for something
• make all the difference
• make all the difference in the world
• make all the right noises
• make all the running
• make a long story short
• make a man of
• make a man of someone
• make a man out of
• make a man out of someone