Textual thesaurus for "fall back"

(verb) recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress, lapse

go back to bad behavior

Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

(verb) drop off, recede, lose, fall behind

retreat

(verb) dawdle, fall behind, lag

hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

(verb) resort, recur

have recourse to

The government resorted to rationing meat