drop back

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verb

1. take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football (Freq. 1)
- The defender dropped back behind his teammate
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. to lag or linger behind
- But in so many other areas we still are dragging
• Syn:
drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
• Derivationally related forms:
trailer (for: trail)
• Hypernyms:
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP