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fallback

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noun

an act or instance of falling back.
something or someone to turn or return to, especially for help or as an alternative:
His teaching experience would be a fallback if the business failed.

Also fall-back. of or designating something kept in reserve or as an alternative:
The negotiators agreed on a fallback position.

1750–60, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase fall back

He could, as a fallback, partner well with Big Squish-Em, Dis-Em Chris.

A fallback position, adding an Eisenhower statue to the existing World War II Memorial, is already being discussed.

Modeling used to be an easy fallback ‘career’ for celebrity kids.

After realizing how difficult this plum post would be, “Biden” writes that he “wised up and settled on my current fallback plan.”

Their fallback is a series of small-bore bills like more visas for high-tech workers.

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