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pull away vs fall back

fall back vs pull away

pull away and fall back both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pull away No No Yes No
fall back No No Yes No
As verbs, fall back is a hyponym of pull away; that is, fall back is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pull away:
  • pull away: pull back or move away or backward
  • fall back: move back and away from
Other hyponyms of pull away include retreat, retrograde, back down, back off, back up.
pull away (verb) fall back (verb)
pull back or move away or backward go back to bad behavior
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 pull away and fall back

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