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fallback

[fawl-bak]

noun

  1. an act or instance of falling back.

  2. something or someone to turn or return to, especially for help or as an alternative.

    His teaching experience would be a fallback if the business failed.



adjective

  1. Also fall-back of or designating something kept in reserve or as an alternative.

    The negotiators agreed on a fallback position.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fallback1

1750–60, noun, adj. use of verb phrase fall back
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Eager to serve his premise regarding Dylan’s Jewishness, Freedman sometimes turns it into a flimsy fallback device.

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As a fallback option, Alsup, an appointee of President Clinton, cited claims from people who rely on the National Park Service or on the Veteran Affairs, Defense, Energy, Agriculture, Interior and Treasury departments.

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But if the justices are not ready to uphold those changes, Harris proposed a fallback option.

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Hegseth also has a fallback position, in case this cover-up doesn't work.

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But Smith’s multiple fallback positions might yet permit a jury to weigh a powerful and persuasive account of some of the former president’s most corrosive conduct.

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