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drop back
Idioms and Phrases
Step back, retreat. For example, When it was time for a group picture, Mary dropped back .Example Sentences
It then thinks inflation will drop back towards the 2% target towards the end of 2027, having previously predicted this would happen earlier in the year.
Hamilton, who took an outstanding victory in the shorter sprint race on Saturday, resisted the call for a couple of laps before letting Leclerc by and then dropped back.
Temperatures are likely to drop back to nearer normal and nights will become chillier again.
Allen dropped back, then stepped forward and tore through the defense, breaking multiple tackles on his way to a 26-yard touchdown run.
"You get picked up in the morning and when filming is over, you get dropped back to the lodgings," he explains.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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