1. To break off a military action with an enemy
   - disengagement, pullout

1. Fall backwards and down 
2. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
   - lag, dawdle, fall behind 
3. Move back and away from
   "The enemy fell back" 
4. Retreat
   - lose, drop off, fall behind, recede 
5. Have recourse to
   - resort, recur 
6. Go back to bad behaviour
   - relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress

Derived forms: falls back, fell back, fallbacks, falling back

See also: fall

Type of: apply, draw back, employ, follow, lean back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, recline, regress, retire, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, withdraw

Antonym: gain

Encyclopedia: Fall back

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