FALLBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fallback mean? 

• FALLBACK (noun)
  The noun FALLBACK has 1 sense:

1. to break off a military action with an enemy

  Familiarity information: FALLBACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALLBACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To break off a military action with an enemy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disengagement; fallback; pullout

Hypernyms ("fallback" is a kind of...):

retreat ((military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Derivation:

fall back (move back and away from)

 Context examples 

If confirmed as a supernova fallback disk, this result could change our general understanding of neutron star evolution.

(Hubble Uncovers Never-Before-Seen Features Around a Neutron Star, NASA)