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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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