FALL BACK


Meaning of FALL BACK in English

fall back phrasal verb ( see also ↑ fall )

1 . if soldiers fall back, they move back because they are being attacked SYN retreat :

He yelled for his men to fall back.

2 . to move backwards because you are very surprised, frightened etc:

Scott fell back a pace in astonishment.

3 . British English to decrease SYN fall OPP rise :

When inflation started to rise, house prices fell back.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.