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fall


Definition: Meaning of, fall in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɔːl /

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falling falls
  1. move downwards [intransitive] to move or drop down from a higher position to a lower position
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  2. stop standing/walking etc [intransitive] to suddenly go down onto the ground after you have been standing, walking, or running, especially without intending to
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  3. decrease [intransitive] to go down to a lower level, amount, price etc, especially a much lower one
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  4. become [intransitive, linking verb] to start to be in a new or different state
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  5. belong to a group [intransitive always + preposition] to belong to or be part of a particular group, area of responsibility, range of things, or type of things
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  6. fall short of something to be less than the amount or standard that is needed or that you want
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  7. fall victim/prey to something/somebody to get a very serious illness or be attacked or deceived by someone
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  8. night/darkness/dusk falls if night etc falls, it starts to become dark at the beginning of the night
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  9. silence/a hush/sadness etc falls literary used to say that a person, group, or place becomes quiet, sad etc
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  10. start doing something [intransitive] to start doing something or being involved with something, often without intending to
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  11. fall into place if parts of a situation that you have been trying to understand fall into place, you start to understand how they are connected with each other
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  12. fall into place if the parts of something that you want to happen fall into place, they start to happen in the way that you want
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  13. fall to pieces/bits to break into many pieces [=  fall apart]
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  14. fall to pieces/bits if something such as a plan or a relationship falls to pieces, it stops working properly [=  fall apart]
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  15. be falling to pieces/bits if something is falling to pieces, it is in very bad condition, especially because it is very old [=  be falling apart]
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  16. fall flat if a joke, remark, or performance falls flat, it fails to interest or amuse people
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  17. fall foul of somebody/something to do something which makes someone angry or which breaks a rule, with the result that you are punished
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  18. fall by the wayside to fail, or to stop being done, used, or made
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  19. fall from grace/favour to stop being liked by people in authority
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  20. fall from a great height to be forced to leave an important job or position, or lose the respect that people had for you
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  21. fall into the hands/clutches of somebody if something or someone falls into the hands of an enemy or dangerous person, the enemy etc gets control or possession of them
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  22. fall into a trap/pitfall to make a mistake that many people make
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  23. fall into step to start to walk next to someone else, at the same speed as them
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  24. fall into step to start doing something in the same way as the other members of a group
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  25. fall into line to obey someone or do what other people want you to do, especially when you do not want to do it at first
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  26. hang down [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hang down loosely
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  27. light/shadow [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to shine on a surface or go onto a surface
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  28. special event/celebration [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to happen on a particular day or at a particular time
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  29. lose power [intransitive] if a leader or a government falls, they lose their position of power
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  30. be taken by an enemy [intransitive] if a place falls in a war or an election, a group of soldiers or a political party takes control of it
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  31. be killed [intransitive] to be killed in a war [=  die]
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  32. hit [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit a particular place or a particular part of someone's body
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  33. it's as easy as falling off a log spoken used to say that something is very easy to do
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  34. voice/sound [intransitive] if someone's voice or a sound falls, it becomes quieter or lower
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  35. fall between two stools British English to be neither one type of thing nor another, or be unable to choose between two ways of doing something
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  36. fall on stony ground British English if a request, suggestion, joke etc falls on stony ground, it is ignored or people do not like it
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  37. fall from somebody's lips literary if words fall from someone's lips, they say them
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  38. the stress/accent/beat falls on something used to say that a particular part of a word, phrase, or piece of music is emphasized or is played more loudly than the rest
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fall falls
  1. movement down [countable] movement down towards the ground or towards a lower position
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  2. reduction [countable] a reduction in the amount, level, price etc of something
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  3. season [singular] American English the season between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes slightly colder [=  autumn]
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  4. loss of power/success [singular] a situation in which someone or something loses their position of power or becomes unsuccessful
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  5. fall from grace a situation in which someone stops being respected by other people or loses their position of authority, especially because they have done something wrong
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  6. defeat [singular] a situation in which a country, city etc is defeated by an enemy
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  7. falls also Falls [plural] a place where a river suddenly goes straight down over a cliff
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  8. sport [countable] an act of forcing your opponent onto the ground in WRESTLING or JUDO
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  9. snow/rocks [countable] an amount of snow, rocks etc that falls onto the ground
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  10. the Fall also the fall the occasion in the Bible when God punished Adam and Eve by making them leave the Garden of Eden
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Fall


Definition: Meaning of, Fall in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɔːl /

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  1. the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
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Fall used in phrases

  • Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The
    1. (1776-88) a series of six historical books written by Edward Gibbon, which tell the story of the Roman Empire from the 1st century AD to the 15th century. It is one of the greatest historical works ever written in English.
  • Fall of Man (noun)
    1. Judeo-Christian mythology when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death
  • Things Fall Apart
    1. (1958) a novel by the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe about the problems experienced by traditional African societies as their way of life changes in the 20th century. It was one of the first African novels to become well known in Europe and the US.
  • fall all over (verb)
    1. display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards
  • fall armyworm (noun)
    1. larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains
  • fall asleep (verb)
    1. change from a waking to a sleeping state
  • fall by the wayside (verb)
    1. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
  • fall cankerworm (noun)
    1. green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria
  • fall dandelion (noun)
    1. fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States
  • fall equinox (noun)
    1. september 22
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Fall used in phrasal verbs

  • fall about (phrasal verb)
    1. if you fall about or fall about laughing, you laugh a lot at something
  • fall apart (phrasal verb)
    1. to break because of being old or badly made
    2. to lose control of your emotions and become unable to deal with a difficult situation
  • fall away (phrasal verb)
    1. if something falls away, it breaks off from the thing it was fixed to
    2. to become smaller or lower in amount, level, value etc
  • fall back (phrasal verb)
    1. to move so that you are behind someone or something
    2. to become smaller or lower in amount, level, value etc
  • fall back on (phrasal verb)
    1. fall back on something to use or do something else after other things have failed
  • fall behind (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] fall behind someone to move more slowly than other people so that you are behind them
    2. [intransitive/transitive] fall behind someone to make less progress or be less successful than other people who are doing a similar job or activity
  • fall down (phrasal verb)
    1. if something such as an argument or system falls down, it fails because a particular part of it is weak or not correct
    2. [always progressive] if a building is falling down, it is in very bad condition
  • fall for (phrasal verb)
    1. fall for someone to be very attracted to someone and to start to love them
    2. fall for something to believe that a trick or a joke is true
  • fall in (phrasal verb)
    1. if a roof or wall falls in, it falls to the ground
    2. literary if you fall in behind or beside someone, you start walking behind or beside them
  • fall in with (phrasal verb)
    1. fall in with something to accept or agree with someone else’s ideas, way of behaving etc
    2. fall in with someone to become friends with someone
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