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Idioms and Phrases

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

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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.

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Temperatures are likely to drop back to nearer normal and nights will become chillier again.

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Allen dropped back, then stepped forward and tore through the defense, breaking multiple tackles on his way to a 26-yard touchdown run.

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"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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