"fall back upon" meaning in All languages combined

See fall back upon on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: falls back upon [present, singular, third-person], falling back upon [participle, present], fell back upon [past], fallen back upon [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> back upon}} fall back upon (third-person singular simple present falls back upon, present participle falling back upon, simple past fell back upon, past participle fallen back upon)
  1. (transitive) To fall back on. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "fell back upon",
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        "(transitive) To fall back on."
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    {
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        "To fall back on."
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}

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