SkyfireDict

drop back   (TTS Sound)

The verb drop back has 2 senses

• drop back -- (take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football; "The defender dropped back behind his teammate")


• drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back -- (to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging")