fall back on sth
— phrasal verb with fall uk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/verb fell, fallen
C2 to use something, especially a form of financial support, when other things have failed:
When the business failed, we had to fall back on our savings.
If I lose my job, I'll have nothing to fall back on.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- max sth out
- mine
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- use sth up
- wear
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