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
Property tax: Reeves is expected to end temporary stamp duty cuts as planned, meaning the tax-free threshold will drop back to £125,000 from £250,000 from April, raising £1.8 billion a year by 2029-30 — though that revenue is already assumed.
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Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 29 Oct. 2024
Tagovailoa dropped back, looked around, then tucked the ball and ran.
—Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2024
In the first quarter, while trailing 3-0, Williams dropped back to pass and tried to flick the ball up the field with a sidearm pass.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2024
As the Saints crept closer and closer to the Rams’ end zone, down a touchdown in the fourth quarter, quarterback Derek Carr dropped back to throw on fourth-and-3.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
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Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 29 Oct. 2024
Tagovailoa dropped back, looked around, then tucked the ball and ran.
—Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2024
In the first quarter, while trailing 3-0, Williams dropped back to pass and tried to flick the ball up the field with a sidearm pass.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2024
As the Saints crept closer and closer to the Rams’ end zone, down a touchdown in the fourth quarter, quarterback Derek Carr dropped back to throw on fourth-and-3.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
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Throughout the day Saturday, as the rebel forces were on the move, the Syrian army withdrew from much of southern Syria, leaving more areas of the country, including two provincial capitals, under the control of the rebels, according to the military and an opposition war monitor.Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The military withdrew after the National Assembly unanimously voted to overturn Yoon’s decree, forcing his Cabinet to lift it before daybreak Wednesday.Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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The tech-heavy Nasdaq retreated from the 20,000 mark and shed 0.66%, while the broad market S&P 500 shed 0.54% .Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Biden retreated to Delaware to isolate and recover.Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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This is a role without precedent, for which judges are poorly equipped and apt to fall back on their ideological predilections.The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
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Some sources still expected that negotiators will run out of time and have to fall back on a three-month bare-bones extension of expiring programs.Peter Sullivan, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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Gaetz was nominated by Trump as attorney general but has since pulled out of consideration.Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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The pilot wrenched the stick back and the F-22 pulled out of the dive 500 feet—or two-tenths of a second—short of impact.J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
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The two soon-to-be senators both handily won their elections last month, replacing retiring Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.).Al Weaver, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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While Pugh has not officially retired, the former 12-year NFL veteran has found a new calling as a content creator.DJ Siddiqi, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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