Synonyms of falls back

falls back

verb

present tense third-person singular of fall back

as in withdraws

to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)

resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withdraws
• retreats
• pulls out
• drops back
• gives way
• retires
• backs away
• gives ground
• flees
• loses ground
• recedes
• evacuates
• flies
• pulls away
• leaves
• chickens (out)
• climbs down
• recoils
• shrinks
• flinches
• backs down
• goes
• bows out
• detaches
• departs
• disengages
• abandons
• vacates
• quits
• backtracks
• backpedals
• disentangles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advances
• breasts
• faces
• confronts
• defies
• dares
• braves
• brazens
• outbraves
• beards

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of falls back

County Commissioner Alexandra Davis warned there is no guarantee services will be less expensive for cities if fire-rescue falls back under county control. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

The additional allowances are available only until the price falls back below the threshold, or the reserve of extra allowances is depleted. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026

The industry goes straight to trying to do the same thing and falls back into that same trap. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

More dashboards or agents do not fix a process that falls back to email, meetings and spreadsheets when an exception occurs. — Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

If by some chance a hurricane wipes out several theaters and Brand New Day falls back to $280M — c’mon, that’s an awesome opening, and $20M ahead of No Way Home‘s start. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 July 2026

As with Fable 5, when Opus 5 declines a user’s request due to a safety concern, the API automatically falls back to another model, so the user gets an answer rather than an error. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 July 2026

One explanation suggests supermassive black holes push away gas, starving themselves as predicted, but also that this matter eventually cools and falls back to the black hole. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 July 2026

Too flat, and the tail drags it down; too vertical, and the robot tips over and falls back in. — New Atlas, 13 July 2026