something to fall back on

Example Sentences

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Their only request was that I have something to fall back on, “so you know what kind of work you’re out of.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

She said the family often faced stigma when they produced their Pakistani identity documents, but at least they had something to fall back on - for the sisters even that is not an option anymore.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

And when he stops being that, he has something to fall back on.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

And so I had a desire to be educated, to have something to fall back on, and not rely on the fact that a few people thought I was a pretty girl.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2024

But through it all, he had always had something to fall back on, ever since 1959 when he had gone to that first practice.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger