fall back
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He explained that Too Young to Grieve helped people "build friendships so you have a community around you that you can fall back on".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
A fall back below that support level could “reinforce the bearish structure” and so Ceresna suggests opening an option trade called a bear put spread, to capture a modest further fall for the stock.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
A lot of people fall back on these ideas about immigrant communities being all hard work and drudgery — but we come from a festive, dance-fueled culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Poor families that could afford only potatoes would have nothing to fall back on when the crop gave out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The younger children, unfortunately, had no such comforting philosophy to fall back on.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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