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DROP BACK

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in footballplay

Example:

The defender dropped back behind his teammate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "drop back" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

To lag or linger behindplay

Example:

But in so many other areas we still are dragging

Synonyms:

drag; drop back; drop behind; get behind; hang back; trail

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "drop back" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

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