zurückfallen — meaning in English

English meaning

• drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
• lag verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
• relapse verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
• resort noun A place people visit for a holiday, often with hotels, entertainment, and leisure facilities.

Senses

zurückfallen is used for these senses in English:

• drop (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
• lag To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
• redound (intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). [from 16th c.]
• relapse (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
• resort (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.

drop — full definition

1. noun A small round blob of liquid.
2. verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
3. verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
4. verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.

lag — full definition

1. verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
2. noun A delay between one event and another, especially in a signal, response, or process.

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