lean back, recline - move the upper body backwards and down

follow - to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"

drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail, drag - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out - flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

retreat, retrograde - move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

retrogress, regress, retrograde - get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition

apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

retrovert, revert, turn back, regress, return - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"