as in to withdraw
to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)
a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back
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Recent Examples of drop back
The low Wednesday night is expected to drop back into the mid-50s as cooler weather moves in, NWS forecasts.
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 17 May 2026
Bonitto, though, explained that Denver already played Elliss at ILB on several third-down packages last year, and lauded his ability to drop back in coverage.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
When opening an app, the CPU would spike to 96% before dropping back to more pedestrian 17% usage after a couple of seconds.
—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
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 17 May 2026
Bonitto, though, explained that Denver already played Elliss at ILB on several third-down packages last year, and lauded his ability to drop back in coverage.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
When opening an app, the CPU would spike to 96% before dropping back to more pedestrian 17% usage after a couple of seconds.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop back
Verb
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Hulst and Toomey decided to withdraw from the mile at the State meet.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Generally, the pre-tax money that’s deposited in traditional IRAs cannot be withdrawn before age 59½ without paying a 10% early-withdrawal tax penalty, unless an exception is met.—
Sarah Agostino,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Instead of retreating from global trade, many small and mid-sized companies are leaning in and even accelerating global expansion.—
Greg Hewitt,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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While India’s media landscape has largely retreated in the face of the Hindu right’s fascism, Kandasamy is one of the few consistently at the barricades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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MacKinnon crumpled to the ice in pain after blocking the shot, briefly getting to one knee and clearing the puck out of the defensive zone before falling back to the ice.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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The result is a fashion movie that takes the art at its center for granted, a work of radical narrative freedom which falls back on last season’s tropes.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
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Here's a look at which performers have pulled out and those that are still set to take the stage.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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At the time of the crash, Funes-Barajas’ mother told the news station KTVU that her son was pulling out of a relative’s driveway when the Mustang struck his vehicle.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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The starter hit the first batter of the game but then retired the next 11 hitters in a row before Colson Montgomery collected Chicago’s first hit of the game with two outs in the fourth inning.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
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Rudisha, known as Rudy, came to the Denver Zoo in 2016 after the Oklahoma City Zoo retired him from a breeding recommendation program.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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