fall back
verbeEn français : se replier, se rabattre
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
- To retreat.
- To fail to fulfill a promise or purpose.
- To turn the clocks back for the end of daylight saving time.
Dans la bibliothèque
There was a tiny fountain in the middle of the room, that shot a spray of green perfume into the air, to fall back into a beautifully carved green marble basin.
“We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
At this moment Danglars, who had been incessantly observing every change in Fernand’s look and manner, saw him stagger and fall back, with an almost convulsive spasm, against a seat placed near one of the open windows.
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