"drop-back" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "drop-backs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "drop-back (plural drop-backs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "With his ankle injury his drop-back is not pretty."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "American football",
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        ],
        [
          "backfield",
          "backfield"
        ],
        [
          "dropping back",
          "drop back"
        ],
        [
          "line of scrimmage",
          "line of scrimmage"
        ],
        [
          "hike",
          "hike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football) The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "drop-back"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drop-backs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "drop-back (plural drop-backs)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "With his ankle injury his drop-back is not pretty."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball."
      ],
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        [
          "American football",
          "American football"
        ],
        [
          "backfield",
          "backfield"
        ],
        [
          "dropping back",
          "drop back"
        ],
        [
          "line of scrimmage",
          "line of scrimmage"
        ],
        [
          "hike",
          "hike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football) The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "drop-back"
}