as in to withdraw
to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)
a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back
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Recent Examples of drop back
But last Saturday, with USC just one completion away from completing a final, fourth-quarter drive, the Trojans quarterback dropped back into a clean pocket, spotted 6-foot-6 wideout Duce Robinson breaking inward … and sent the pass soaring over his head.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
In recent months it’s dropped back down towards the Fed’s 2% target, even as a buoyant U.S. economy continued to expand at a breezy clip amid an ongoing robust jobs market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
The bitcoin price shot past its previous all-time high of over £70,000 per bitcoin this year before dropping back to around $60,000 as the U.S. and China begin what could become a crypto cold war.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
But this year’s count — the one MacFarland and Fray were working on that day — would drop back to 119.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
In recent months it’s dropped back down towards the Fed’s 2% target, even as a buoyant U.S. economy continued to expand at a breezy clip amid an ongoing robust jobs market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
The bitcoin price shot past its previous all-time high of over £70,000 per bitcoin this year before dropping back to around $60,000 as the U.S. and China begin what could become a crypto cold war.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
But this year’s count — the one MacFarland and Fray were working on that day — would drop back to 119.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop back
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Two works, a Diane Arbus photo and an Eric Fischl painting, were withdrawn, presumably for lack of interest.Brian Boucher for ArtNews, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
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The recommendations are quite broad, so the Section recommends that Treasury withdraw and reissue the current Proposed TOI Regulations with a requirement that reporting would be required only for TOIs entered into on or after the re-proposal occurs.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Seasoned diplomats worry that retreating from that posture would enable autocrats around the world, including Vladimir Putin and his aims of Russian expansionism.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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The crowds had retreated to their cabins and RVs, the click of cameras replaced by the trill of crickets.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Judi Dench accidentally FaceTimed costar Ben Whishaw from the bath Black Doves’ plot occasionally gets muddled, and the scripts fall back on some shopworn spy dialogue.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Usually when supply increases demand falls back in line.Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2024
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Plus, the wearer can use touch controls on the stems to start, stop, or change their music without needing to pull out their phone.Sarah Felbin, SELF, 23 Nov. 2024
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In our example, $30,000 was pulled out of a taxable brokerage account for this purpose.William Baldwin, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Jan Wade, who as president and general manager of WISN-TV (Channel 12) was the last of Milwaukee's TV station management to do regular on-air editorials, is retiring at the end of 2024.Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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His older brother Jason retired last season after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Drop back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20back. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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