1. fall back - Noun
2. fall back - Verb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
retreat
go back to bad behavior
move back and away from
fall backwards and down
have recourse to
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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor. Albert Camus
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. Leon Trotsky
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies. Stephen Leacock
A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned. Ewan McGregor
He who spits in the air will have it fall back on his face. Mexican Proverb
However smart a squirrel jumps, in the end they fall back down. Indonesian Proverb