fall back upon's Usage Examples:

order, ¡Vuelvan Caras! (turn around) and ordered all his llaneros to fall back upon the disconcerted enemy; many contemporary historians believe the actual.

The disadvantage is the lack of diplomatic immunity to fall back upon in case of arrest.

Though they catch a glimpse of Hiccup, they fall back upon coming across Hiccup's Toothless costume.

bastion to bastion, after the action on the Berezina, Napoleon had to fall back upon the frontiers of 1809, and then—having refused the peace offered to.

Khôra has no meaning or essence, no identity to fall back upon.

Wells does say, however, that "[Beauty] is light, I fall back upon that image, it is all things that light can be, beacon, elucidation.

relying upon downlinks for information and commands would have little to fall back upon.

whole, this film, besides its surface flair, does not have too much to fall back upon.

But in his very real hurt, he has the comfort of memories to fall back upon just as his two older sons have their future to look forward to.

while Wintzingerode maintained himself in Saint-Dizier, intending to fall back upon Bar-le-Duc in case of necessity.

Ad triarios redisse – To fall back upon the triarii was a Roman idiom – meaning to use one's last resort.

When Brenner arrived in America, he had little more to fall back upon except the trade taught him by his father — gem and seal engraving.

State; whereas the mass of the poor have no resources of their own to fall back upon, and must chiefly depend upon the assistance of the State.

Confederates drove off the gunners and compelled the 48th Indiana to fall back upon the 4th Minnesota.

privilege of the Vedantin to fare without logic, since he has Revelation to fall back upon.

arguing that because of their adherence to Marxism, they are "apt to fall back upon the idea of universal progression from tribalism to slavery, feudalism.

The bishop was obliged by the approaching French army to fall back upon Gravelines.

renounced all desire for the external world and who have nothing else to fall back upon are able to comprehend the Supreme reality of the unity of the Self.

Synonyms:

saddle; body; trunk; latissimus dorsi; dorsum; thoracic vertebra; lumbar vertebra; small; torso; body part; dorsal vertebra; lat;

Antonyms:

hardness; thinness; large; big; unlimited;