Usually means: Return to previous worse state.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. backfall: Merriam-Webster
  2. backfall: Collins English Dictionary
  3. backfall: Wordnik
  4. backfall: Wiktionary
  5. backfall: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Backfall, backfall: Dictionary.com
  7. Backfall: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. backfall: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Backfall: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. backfall: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Backfall: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. backfall: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backfall: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backfall)

▸ noun:  (wrestling) A fall or throw on the back.
▸ noun:  (music) A lever in the coupler of an organ.

Similar:
backheel, backcast, back dive, fall, backbend, backflop, leg drop, sprawl, dropback, kickback, more...

Opposite:
advance, progress, improvement, growth

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Similar:
backheel, backcast, back dive, fall, backbend, backflop, leg drop, sprawl, dropback, kickback, more...

Opposite:
advance, progress, improvement, growth



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