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fall behind collapse

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

recidivate collapse

slip back collapse

backslide collapse

retrocede collapse

recede collapse: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"; move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

retrogress collapse

asshole collapse: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

lose ground collapse

galoot collapse: a disreputable or clumsy man

mutt collapse

regress collapse: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; get worse or fall back to a previous condition; go back to a statistical means

reverberate collapse: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"; be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"; have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"

give ground collapse

draw back collapse

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

come back at collapse

snap back collapse

give back collapse

schlemiel collapse: (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

hark back collapse: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

bounce back collapse

come back collapse: be restored; "Her old vigor returned"; even the score, in sports

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

return to collapse

klutz collapse: (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

ricochet collapse: a glancing rebound

thrust back collapse

beat back collapse

talk back collapse

answer back collapse

go back over collapse

retrace collapse

recollect collapse

rejoin collapse: join again

remand collapse: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

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