drop back
verb
dropped back; dropping back; drops back
1
: retreat
2
: to move straight back from the line of scrimmage
the quarterback drops back to pass
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Examples of drop back in a Sentence
a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back
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Adult cougar population estimates hovered just under 2,000 in 2004, slowly climbed to just below 3,000 between 2014 and 2018, and dropped back to around 2,500 recently, according to a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources datasheet.
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Chloe Kim drops back in after break Chloe Kim has taken a full season off from competition after each of her Olympic halfpipe titles in 2018 and 2022, and each time quickly returned to the top of snowboarding.
—Nick Zaccardi, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped back to 4.65% from 4.79% late Tuesday, a considerable move.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Hurts dropped back to throw it only 30 times in that scenario.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Chloe Kim drops back in after break Chloe Kim has taken a full season off from competition after each of her Olympic halfpipe titles in 2018 and 2022, and each time quickly returned to the top of snowboarding.
—Nick Zaccardi, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped back to 4.65% from 4.79% late Tuesday, a considerable move.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Hurts dropped back to throw it only 30 times in that scenario.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Drop back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20back. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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