What is "fall back upon"

Usage examples of "fall back upon".

I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth.

Irvin unfastened her cloak and allowed it to fall back upon the settee.

I foresaw all this, and that is why I was determined you should come with us, so that, should other means fail, we might have your power to fall back upon.

When the smash comes poor Margaret will have a nest-egg to fall back upon.

Less popular now than formerly, one could still expect them to fall back upon it in hard times.

Being forced to say something, and being by nature slow-witted and sluggish of invention, Sir Rowland was compelled, to his unspeakable chagrin, to fall back upon the truth.

Or we can fall back upon our experience and strive for a synthesis-a form of science fiction which combines good storytelling with the technological sensitivity of the forties, the sociological concerns of the fifties, and the attention to better writing and improved characterization which came out of the sixties.

She used to complain to me that she had nothing to fall back upon, that girls usually fall back upon: and I don't see how she is to have got over that since.

Nor had he ceased to cultivate the art during his residence at Patricroft, but was accustomed to fall back upon it for relaxation and enjoyment amid the pursuits of trade.

I regret that my arrangements in life, combined with circumstances over which I have no control, will put it out of my power ever to fall back upon that offer, or to renew it in any shape or form whatever.

They were the ones who had the easiest access to Albrecht and his cohorts, the ingrained habits of thuggery to fall back upon, and could most easily intimidate the populace into revealing the hidey-holes of those noblemen who managed to escape the initial slaughter.