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drop back

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take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football

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Variants

synonym
trail
pasttense
dropped back
presentparticiple
dropping back
thirdpersonsingular
drops back
pastparticiple
dropped back

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football
§2
to lag or linger behind
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football
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