dropback

[ drop-bak ]

/ ˈdrɒpˌbæk /

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noun

a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.

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Origin of dropback

Noun use of verb phrase drop back

Words nearby dropback

drop a brick, drop a dime, drop a line, drop arch, drop away, dropback, drop bear, drop behind, drop biscuit, drop black, drop box

How to use dropback in a sentence

Yet thanks to their coverage unit, they’ve managed the 10th-best sacks-per-dropback rate, sixth-best opponent passer rating and second-best defensive success rate.
Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase And The Bengals Are Ahead Of Schedule|Ty Schalter|October 29, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
He said that was not a problem with Jurgensen, a dropback passer who stayed in the pocket created by the offensive line.
Vince Promuto, Pro Bowl football player for Washington in 1960s, dies at 82|Matt Schudel|June 3, 2021|Washington Post
Everything looked like a nail to Brown’s Wolverines, who blitzed quarterbacks on just over 40 percent of dropbacks during those four games.
Can New Coaches — And A New Vision — Fix Michigan’s Defense?|Richard Johnson|April 8, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Even better, DBOE is based on the probability of a play being a dropback, a metric that’s fairly opaque to a defensive play-caller since they often simply match big bodies to big bodies when the offense trots out their personnel.
Are Defensive Play-Callers Consistent Enough To Be Exploitable?|Josh Hermsmeyer|December 24, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

The Tennessee Titans’ reclamation of Ryan Tannehill — third in the league in play-action dropback percentage and fourth in the league in QBR this season through Week 6 — adds further evidence.
Who’s The Best Quarterback From The Much-Hyped 2018 Draft Class?|Josh Hermsmeyer|October 27, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

Other Idioms and Phrases with dropback

drop back

Step back, retreat. For example, When it was time for a group picture, Mary dropped back.