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fall back
v. move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
fall back, resort, recur
v. have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
lapse, relapse, regress, recidivate, retrogress, fall back
v. go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
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Fuzzynyms (38)
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linger, dawdle
v. take one's time; proceed slowly
delay, detain, hold up
v. cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
tarry, linger
v. leave slowly and hesitantly
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
v. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle
v. wander from a direct or straight course
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
drain
v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
flow away, flow off
v. flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe"
enfeeble, debilitate, drain
v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
lapse, backslide
v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
revert
v. undergo reversion, as in a mutation
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Antonyms (10)
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gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
become, go, get
v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
fall back
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