drop back (English, verb)
expansion: drop back (third-person singular simple present drops back, present participle dropping back, simple past and past participle dropped back)
Senses:
topics: American-football
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hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
glosses: To move to a lower (or slower) position in a race or competition; to slow down so as to meet up with someone behind oneself
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, back.
Forms:
form: drops back
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dropping back
tags: participle
present
form: dropped back
tags: participle
past
form: dropped back
tags: past