Antonyms for fall back on
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔl |
Definition of fall back on
Origin :- Old English feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, past participle feallen) "to fall; fail, decay, die," from Proto-Germanic *fallanan (cf. Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Dutch vallen, Old Norse falla, Old High German fallan, German fallen), from PIE root *pol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lithuanian puola "to fall," Old Prussian aupallai "finds," literally "falls upon").
- Most of the figurative senses had developed in Middle English. Meaning "to be reduced" (as temperature) is from 1650s. To fall in love is attested from 1520s; to fall asleep is late 14c. Fall through "come to naught" is from 1781. To fall for something is from 1903.
- As in resort : verb have recourse to; make use of
- As in draw on : verb use to advantage
Synonyms for fall back on
- address
- affect
- apply
- avail oneself of
- benefit by
- bring into play
- devote
- direct
- effect
- employ
- exercise
- exploit
- extract
- fall back on
- frequent
- go
- go to
- haunt
- have recourse to
- head for
- look to
- make use of
- put to use
- recur
- recur to
- refer to
- rely on
- repair
- require
- run
- take from
- take up
- try
- turn
- turn to
- use
- utilize
- visit
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