Usually means: Rely on as a backup.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. fall back on: Merriam-Webster
  2. fall back on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fall back on: Wiktionary
  4. fall back on: Dictionary.com
  5. fall back on: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  6. fall back on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. fall back on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fall back on: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fall back on: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (fall back on)

verb:  (transitive) To turn to as a substitute; to rely on as a backup.

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