| 词组 | fall back |
| 释义 | fall back 1. fall back to suddenly move backwards or away from someone or something, because you are very surprised, frightened etc: ▪ Flossie's father was so surprised that he fell back against the door. ▪ She ran forward to the figure on the ground, and the rest of the crowd fell back, silent. ■ SIMILAR TO: recoil formal 2. fall back if soldiers fall back, they move back away from the enemy in order to avoid fighting: ▪ General Patton immediately ordered his men to fall back. ■ SIMILAR TO: retreat 3. fall back to move or travel more slowly than another person, car etc, with the result that you are behind them: ▪ As soon as we were in sight of the truck, we fell back in order not to be seen. ▪ Grand Hawk fell back to second place after the last jump. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drop back, ↑fall behind 4. fall back especially BrE if the amount or rate of something falls back, it decreases: ▪ Car sales fell back dramatically in the second half of the year. ▪ The pound climbed to a healthy 2.50 Deutschmarks, before falling back later to 2.47. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drop |
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