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draw back vs fall back

fall back vs draw back

draw back and fall back both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
draw back No No Yes No
fall back No No Yes No
As verbs, fall back is a hyponym of draw back; that is, fall back is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than draw back:
  • draw back: pull back or move away or backward
  • fall back: move back and away from
Other hyponyms of draw back include retreat, retrograde, back down, back off, back up.
draw back (verb) fall back (verb)
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) go back to bad behavior
pull back or move away or backward retreat
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
fall backwards and down
move back and away from
have recourse to
Difference between draw back and fall back

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