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Verb: drop back
  1. Take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football
    "The defender dropped back behind his teammate"
     
  2. To lag or linger behind
    - drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind

Derived forms: dropped back, dropping back, drops back

Type of: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag, move

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