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drop back

  1. Step back, retreat. For example, When it was time for a group picture, Mary dropped back.



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Cameron Green, who looked woefully out of his depth batting at three, will likely drop back down the order.

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As it was, he dropped back to fourth when he made his final mandatory stop at the start of the last lap.

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But the red flag did not happen, and Verstappen dropped back.

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Piastri kept up with him in the first stint for a while, but began to drop back, and pitted early because his tyres were going off.

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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said the May decision was a result of inflation dropping back, and indicated that further "gradual and careful" cuts could follow.

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