WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| fallback n | informal (backup plan) | noodplan nw het |
| | | plan B nw het |
| | | uitwijkmogelijkheid nw de |
| | I applied to Harvard, but the state university is my fallback in case Harvard rejects me. |
| fallback n | informal ([sb]: last recourse) | laatste hoop bn + nw de, ont. |
| | | laatste redmiddel bn+nw het |
WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| fall back vi + adv | (fail to keep up) | achteropraken, achterblijven onoverg. uitdr. |
| Opmerking: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective that precedes a noun. |
| | The runner fell back after the fourteenth mile of the marathon, when her legs grew tired. |
| fall back vi phrasal | (withdraw, retreat) | zich terugtrekken wk ww |
| | The general ordered his troops to fall back. |
| fall back on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal, figurative (resort to, rely on) | terugvallen op ww + vz |
| | Whenever I am in trouble, I know that I can always fall back on my friends and family. |
WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
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| terugvallen op onoverg. ww | (vertrouwen op) | fall back vi phrasal |
| | He could always fall back on his savings. |
| terugslag hebben nw+overg. ww | figuurlijk (terugvallen, achteruitgaan) | fall back vi phrasal |
| | | lapse vi |