DROP BACK

• (verb) 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"

• (verb) to lag or linger behind

  "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

  synonyms : drag , drop behind , get behind , hang back , trail

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