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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But last Saturday, with USC just one completion away from completing a final, fourth-quarter drive, the Trojans quarterback dropped back into a clean pocket, spotted 6-foot-6 wideout Duce Robinson breaking inward … and sent the pass soaring over his head.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
In recent months it’s dropped back down towards the Fed’s 2% target, even as a buoyant U.S. economy continued to expand at a breezy clip amid an ongoing robust jobs market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
The bitcoin price shot past its previous all-time high of over £70,000 per bitcoin this year before dropping back to around $60,000 as the U.S. and China begin what could become a crypto cold war.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
But this year’s count — the one MacFarland and Fray were working on that day — would drop back to 119.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
In recent months it’s dropped back down towards the Fed’s 2% target, even as a buoyant U.S. economy continued to expand at a breezy clip amid an ongoing robust jobs market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
The bitcoin price shot past its previous all-time high of over £70,000 per bitcoin this year before dropping back to around $60,000 as the U.S. and China begin what could become a crypto cold war.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
But this year’s count — the one MacFarland and Fray were working on that day — would drop back to 119.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
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“Drop back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20back. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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