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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When opening an app, the CPU would spike to 96% before dropping back to more pedestrian 17% usage after a couple of seconds.
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Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
On Mother’s Day, temperatures drop back to around 70 degrees, with mostly sunny skies.
—Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
The Padres won the final two games in San Francisco to win the series, their first after dropping back-to-back series to the Cubs and White Sox.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
The price later dropped back down.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
On Mother’s Day, temperatures drop back to around 70 degrees, with mostly sunny skies.
—Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
The Padres won the final two games in San Francisco to win the series, their first after dropping back-to-back series to the Cubs and White Sox.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
The price later dropped back down.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Drop back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20back. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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