Fall back
Fall back verb - To move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable).
Both terms in one sentence
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When Nami catches the guys peeking on her and Vivi, she gets rid of them by flashing them, causing them to pass out and fall back on their own side.
Source: Hot Springs Episode -
If you fall overboard, you'll pass through the plane, decelerate, then fall back up again and end up floating around like a cork.
Source: Gravity Screw - Normally in Warhammer 40,000, squads that suffer casualties from enemy fire have to pass a Leadership test or fall back, but weapons with the Pinning special rule - sniper rifles, mortars, coils of psycho-plastic resonating with negative emotions, rapidly-growing entangling alien tumors, etc.
Source: Pinned Down
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