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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawl
Phonetic Transcription : fɔl



Definition of fall down

Origin :
  • Old English feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, past participle feallen) "to fall; fail, decay, die," from Proto-Germanic *fallanan (cf. Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Dutch vallen, Old Norse falla, Old High German fallan, German fallen), from PIE root *pol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lithuanian puola "to fall," Old Prussian aupallai "finds," literally "falls upon").
  • Most of the figurative senses had developed in Middle English. Meaning "to be reduced" (as temperature) is from 1650s. To fall in love is attested from 1520s; to fall asleep is late 14c. Fall through "come to naught" is from 1781. To fall for something is from 1903.
  • As in stumble : verb slip, stagger
  • As in botch : verb blunder
  • As in call : verb visit at residence or business
  • As in gum up : verb botch
  • As in louse up : verb botch
  • As in collapse : verb fall apart, break down
  • As in droop : verb hang down; languish
  • As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark
  • As in implode : verb collapse inward
Example sentences :
  • I'm afraid you'll fall down there and get the records mixed.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • The toughest part of it is that you got the job for me—and I had to fall down.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Then the false mother had to turn into a panther again, lest she fall down.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Heman trusted me in this job, and if I fall down it 'll be bad for me and for you fellers, too.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I assure you,” he said politely, “that it did not fall down.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • And they fall down on their faces weeping, and it increaseth the humility.
  • Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali
  • Anyhow, I don't want to be Jack, and fall down and break my crown.
  • Extract from : « The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island » by Laura Lee Hope
  • I am sure that he hopes I will fall down over the job of tracing it.
  • Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
  • When the dragon saw that the palace did not fall down, he stood still in surprise.
  • Extract from : « Roumanian Fairy Tales » by Various
  • Often she would stumble and fall down, even on a grassy lawn.
  • Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier

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