Fall back
Fall back verb - To move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable).
Repeat
Repeat verb - To say or state again.
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Synonyms for Repeat
Fall back and repeat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fall back" instead a verb "Repeat".
Both terms in one sentence
- Poptarting - Using jump jets to leap into the air from behind cover, take a shot, fall back into cover, repeat as necessary.
- I repeat, fall back and regroup at the city center.
Source: Video Game / Nuclear Winter - They would hide behind a hill in third person, and upon visual contact with the enemy they would jump up, fire their guns, fall back down and rinse and repeat until one of them was dead, hence the name "poptart".
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Repeat and Fall back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fall_back/repeat
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