to fall back
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4.2
- phrasal verb
- /fɔl bæk/
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- If I catch myself falling back into this routine, I take a step back, take a deep breath, and slow down.
- fall back into old habits
If stress comes in, you're falling back into the old consciousness.
- If stress comes in, you're falling back into the old consciousness.
- The lapses, the setbacks and the falling back into it are common.
- And I just fell back into the comfort of whatever was going on.
- I think so many people who do work on themselves fall back into old habits.
- Let's move forward so I can have more peace and and not keep falling back into it.
- If someone has not provided a path to you, you'll fall back into the old patterns.
- Unless you really work on your emotional self and make life changes, you're going to fall back into pattern.
- So watching her fall back into that vicious cycle, I'm calling home.
- Learn the red flags, practice setting boundaries, Watch those cognitively dissonant patterns like justification that we so often fall back into.
- And so, you know, you'll fall back into old habits.
- Tries to change, looks like they're going to change, but has a mentor that's so bad that when the mentor rejects them and moves away, they simply fall back into their old patterns.
- The best way to avoid falling back into nihilistic behaviours and thinking if you're looking for certainty, the reality of suffering is certain.
Examples
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And that would put millions of people at risk of falling back into poverty.
Blog text (21) -
Tries to change, looks like they're going to change, but has a mentor that's so bad that when the mentor rejects them and moves away, they simply fall back into their old patterns.
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And I just fell back into the comfort of whatever was going on.
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I think so many people who do work on themselves fall back into old habits.
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And that's probably where he fell back into using.
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And so, you know, you'll fall back into old habits.
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Unless you really work on your emotional self and make life changes, you're going to fall back into pattern.
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I just don't want you falling back on any of your old habits.
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So far I've been strong enough not to fall back into self-harming.
Blog text (32) -
After months of hard work to improve his lifestyle, he fell back into his old habits of unhealthy eating and laziness.
Synonyms
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4.2
To go back to a previous state or way of doing things
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7.5
To return to an earlier, less developed or worse state
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6.1
To become ill again or return to a bad habit after getting better
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5.2
To return to a previous bad habit
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7.5
To start doing old bad habits again after making progress
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3.6
Start acting the same as before after trying to change
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8.7
To go back to an earlier, worse state
Gradually return to old habits, often bad ones
To commit the same crime again after being punished
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to move backwards suddenly, often losing balance' is directly derivable from combining 'fall' (to descend or drop) with 'back' (toward the rear). This motion + directional composition is a regular, literal pattern in English (and common cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Fall back comes from the picture of slipping back to an old place: imagine trying to move forward but then losing grip and falling back onto the old path. So it means 'to return to old or bad habits'.