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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Idioms for fall
Origin of fall
before 900; Middle English fallen,Old English feallan; cognate with German fallen,Old Norse falla; akin to Lithuanian pùlti to fall
OTHER WORDS FROM fall
un·fall·ing, adjectiveWords nearby fall
Definition for fall (2 of 2)
Fall
[ fawl ]
/ fɔl /
noun
Albert Bacon, 1861–1944, U.S. politician: senator 1912–21; secretary of the Interior 1921–23; convicted in Teapot Dome scandal.
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British Dictionary definitions for fall (1 of 2)
fall
/ (fɔːl) /
verb falls, falling, fell (fɛl) or fallen (ˈfɔːlən) (mainly intr)
noun
See also fall about, fall among, fall apart, fall away, fall back, fall behind, fall down, fall for, fall in, fall off, fall on, fallout, fall over, fall through, fall to
Word Origin for fall
Old English feallan; related to Old Norse falla, Old Saxon, Old High German fallan to fall; see fell ²
British Dictionary definitions for fall (2 of 2)
Fall
/ (fɔːl) /
noun
the Fall theol Adam's sin of disobedience and the state of innate sinfulness ensuing from this for himself and all mankindSee also original sin
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Idioms and Phrases with fall
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