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词汇 drop-back
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drop back


phrasal verb with dropverbuk /drɒp/ us /drɑːp/-pp-
to move to a position that is lower or further away from something or someone:
The temperatures soon dropped back to normal.
After a few laps, the other runners started to drop back.
in American football, to take a few steps backwards so that you have room to throw the ball forwards to another player:
Manning dropped back a couple of steps and lofted a pass to Smith.
He soon learned how to drop back and read defences.
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drop back | Business English


drop back


phrasal verb with dropverbuk /drɒp/us-pp-
[ I ]
to return to a lower level, value, price, etc.:
Unless something totally unexpected happens and oil drops back below $50 a barrel, fares will continue to rise.
drop back to sthSales eventually dropped back to normal levels and have remained steady.

Examples of drop back


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It has two places where it almost levels off, only to dropback down again.
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The company began exiting a number of foreign markets, with plans to dropback to just ten of its more profitable country markets.
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From there, the lifter would dropback into a layback position to receive the weight past the sticking point.
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Further, little notches on the inside of the lid allow the moisture to collect and dropback into the food during the cooking.
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If symptoms occur, the person should dropback to the previous asymptomatic level for at least another 24 hours.
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A wrong answer on the question will cause the contestant to dropback down to $25,000/$30,000.
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They are also typically more able to dropback into a full-back position because of their general more defensively-suited qualities.
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As a minelayer exhausted its supply of mines, another minelayer in that column would dropback to the last position to continue the minelaying sequence.
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