drop back
verb
dropped back; dropping back; drops back
1
: retreat
2
: to move straight back from the line of scrimmage
the quarterback drops back to pass
Examples of drop back in a Sentence
a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back
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Chilly for Saturday evening plans in Baltimore Temperatures are dropping back into the 30s early this evening, under a partly to mostly cloudy sky.
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Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Coming off its Week 11 bye, Indianapolis dropped back-to-back games against the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
The cats are fixed and then dropped back off where they were originally caught.
—Magali Gauthier, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The Mustangs were on Valor Christian’s six-yard line, and Andrews dropped back to pass.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
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Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
Coming off its Week 11 bye, Indianapolis dropped back-to-back games against the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
The cats are fixed and then dropped back off where they were originally caught.
—Magali Gauthier, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The Mustangs were on Valor Christian’s six-yard line, and Andrews dropped back to pass.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Drop back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20back. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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