Fall back Crossword Clue

• (verb)
  1. deteriorate in health
  2. go back to bad behavior
• (noun)
  1. a failure to maintain a higher state

• BACK (noun)
  1. a support that you can lean against while sitting
  2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
• BACK (verb)
  1. give support or one’s approval to
  2. establish as valid or genuine
• BACK (adverb)
  1. in or to or toward a past time
  2. at or to or toward the back or rear
• BACK (adjective)
  1. located at or near the back of an animal
  2. of an earlier date
• FALL (verb)
  1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  2. come into the possession of
• FALL (noun)
  1. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
  2. when a wrestler’s shoulders are forced to the mat

• EBB
  (3 letters)
• RECEDE
  (6 letters)
• LAG
  (3 letters)
• RETREAT
  (7 letters)

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