Usage of "drop back" | TermGallery

To lag or linger behind.

Sinônimos

Examples for "trail"

After high school graduation, however, many students stop leaving a paper trail. 
 Reuters 

The muddy trail I had left ten days ago seemed quite undisturbed. 
 The Asylum 

Look the wrong way too often and every trail may go cold. 
 The Irish Times 

Could he have left a trail by way of his sea charts? 
 Depths 

Increases in deaths tend to trail spikes new infections by several weeks. 
 Radio NZ 

Industry will probably be less of a drag this year, Lozano said. 
 Reuters 

Such requirements can drag out rule proposals for months, or even years. 
 Reuters 

They drag the river for days but of course nothing comes up. 
 Burning bright 

Those in the bows leant over to drag in the young lord. 
 The Heir of Kilfinnan: A Tale of the Shore and Ocean 

Here's another real world example: the drag-and-drop Ajax interface in Yahoo Sports. 
 Wired 

I tried to drop behind, but found it impossible in the press. 
 Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography 

I managed to drop behind in order to give her an opportunity. 
 A Master of Mysteries 

He found himself very glad to drop behind into the beaten trail. 
 The Silent Places 

You must take care to see that men do not drop behind. 
 The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot 

When men do not consciously compete with others, they inevitably drop behind. 
 The Warriors 

Supporters said the result showed the party should now get behind her. 
 Reuters 

The Tongan community should continue to get behind his team, Woolf said. 
 Radio NZ 

GDPR is one example of EU governance we should all get behind. 
 The Irish Times 

He did urge Americans to get behind a push for energy legislation. 
 Reuters 

Which is something that she certainly supported and certainly would get behind. 
 NY Magazine 

She had to hang back and see how this situation played out. 
 Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony 

She knew I wouldn't hang back, not now I'd come so far. 
 The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny 

Let's hang back until he's gone and see if the kid's home. 
 Naked Heat 

I hang back and wait, trying not to get in the way. 
 The Jennifer Morgue 

Spurred by Darwin's writing, he resolved not to hang back any longer. 
 The new yorker 

Uso de drop back em inglês

Should he drop back to ordinary level and reassess his course expectations? 
 The Irish Times 

Spanish and Italian bond yields continue to drop back from yesterday's levels. 
 The Guardian 

And the drop back to reality this time would be a killer. 
 Secret weapon spouse 

Nicodemus let the shaggy head drop back into the bunk, and rose. 
 Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain 

She had a tendency to drop back down faster than he did. 
 Sushi for one? 

Eric would drop back to sleep if I didn't keep him awake. 
 All together dead 

He didn't drop back to the floor beside the chair he'd occupied. 
 Operation: Outer Space 

I wonder if I could drop back here somewhere about eleven o'clock. 
 The Little Warrior 

Surely you're not suggesting that I drop back into the laboring classes! 
 Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise 

Tiger Woods double-bogeyed the opening hole to drop back to level par. 
 The Guardian 

I drop back to the dirt through the first hole I see. 
 Wild Thing 

Life takes over and morning runs drop back down the list of priorities. 
 The Irish Times 

Forecasters expected temperatures to drop back below zero within a week. 
 Reuters 

He quickly ordered his men to drop back into the woods. 
 A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy 

Standish unchained them, and I let them drop back down against my thighs. 
 Karen Memory 

I shrugged, and let the receiver drop back on the cradle. 
 The long saturday night 

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Verbo

Advérbio

Drop back ao longo do tempo

Drop back nas variantes da língua

Irlanda

Comum

Estados Unidos da América

Comum

Reino Unido

Comum

Significados de drop back em inglês