💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Drop back"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pull backverb | To retreat. |
| back upverb | (idiomatic, computing, transitive) To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost. |
| lay backverb | (informal, transitive) To relax, such as on vacation; to do nothing for a period of time. |
| sacknoun | A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel. |
| sag offverb | To skive; to fail to attend school when required to do so. |
| drop-kicknoun | Alternative spelling of drop kick. [(rugby, Australian rules football, American football, Canadian football) A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up.] |
| pickverb | To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. |
| halfbacknoun | (American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays. |
| dropnoun | (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| passnoun | An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford. |
| returnnoun | The act of returning. |
| outkick one's coverageverb | (figuratively, informal) To date someone who is more attractive or desirable than oneself. |
| break backverb | (tennis, of a receiver) To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving. |
| take a kneeverb | To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest. |
| quarterbacknoun | (American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play. |
| go deepverb | (American football, Canadian football) To throw a long pass attempt or to get in position to catch one. |
| retrieveverb | (transitive) To regain or get back something. |
| back-heelnoun | Alternative form of backheel. [(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.] |
| backspinnoun | Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands. |
| deferverb | (transitive) To delay or postpone. |
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