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Definition of fall back on phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fall back on

phrasal verb
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fall back on somebody/something
  1. [no passive] to go to somebody for support; to have something to use when you are in difficulty
    • I have a little money in the bank to fall back on.
    • She fell back on her usual excuse of having no time.
    related noun fallback
See fall back on in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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