fall back on (English, verb)
expansion: fall back on (third-person singular simple present falls back on, present participle falling back on, simple past fell back on, past participle fallen back on)
Senses:
glosses: To turn to as a substitute; to rely on as a backup.
tags: transitive
glosses: to be blamed on.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: falls back on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: falling back on
tags: participle
present
form: fell back on
tags: past
form: fallen back on
tags: participle
past