fall back (English, verb)
expansion: fall back (third-person singular simple present falls back, present participle falling back, simple past fell back, past participle fallen back)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
glosses: To retreat.
glosses: To fail to fulfill a promise or purpose.
glosses: To turn the clocks back for the end of daylight saving time.
Forms:
form: falls back
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: falling back
tags: participle
present
form: fell back
tags: past
form: fallen back
tags: participle
past