drop back

Verb
  1. Take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football (synset 201837450)
    "The defender dropped back behind his teammate"
    is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
  2. To lag or linger behind (synset 202062680)
    "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
    is a type of: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
    same as: drag, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail

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