drop back

Speech parts

1. drop back - Noun

2. drop back - Verb

Meaning

to lag or linger behind

take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

drop-back

Synonyms

trail drop behind get behind hang back dally dawdle drag lag linger loiter go back straggle dilly-dally fall back fall behind

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Antonyms

get ahead come first run rings around run circles around run circles round be in the front line

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Hypernyms

move dawdle lag fall back fall behind

Examples

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.” - Chinese proverb. Alvin Toffler

My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back. Imogen Cunningham

When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back. Imogen Cunningham

I think my level of fame will drop back down. I think it'll recede. In fact, I know it will. That's life on planet earth. And I'm okay with that. Besides getting tables at restaurants and special treatment at the airport, what else is there? Tina Fey

But in so many other areas we still are dragging Source: Internet

The defender dropped back behind his teammate Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

drop astern drop attack drop away drop bar drop bear drop behind