fall back on

Idioms  

1. Also, fall back upon. Rely on, have recourse to, as in I fall back on old friends in time of need, or When he lost his job he had to fall back upon his savings. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

Their only request was that I have something to fall back on, “so you know what kind of work you’re out of.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Now I had to fall back on the area’s limited fast-charging options.

From The Wall Street Journal

For at least the past decade, I’ve always had the underlying theme of the team’s ever-growing postseason drought to fall back on.

From Seattle Times

The love of our people, the Hey aunties, are all we usually have to fall back on, and that has to be enough.

From Salon

But the collapse of SVB has intensified scrutiny of the business models of all lenders, including specialists with smaller balance sheets to fall back on.

From Reuters