fall down
Britishverb
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to drop suddenly or collapse
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informal (often foll by on) to prove unsuccessful; fail
Example Sentences
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A struggle ensues and the man is pulled down, with his trousers appearing to fall down, before he is arrested by officers in the garden of the property.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It doesn’t take much these days to fall down a GLP-1 rabbit hole on the internet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
“I’ve been married, now I’m divorced. But, if you fall down on the ice, can you imagine how many times I had to fall down and get up?”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
“The Chair Company” allows us to see how anyone might fall down the chutes into which Robinson’s Joe Average easily slides.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
Some part was always about to fall down, and for five generations the same family, the Parslows, had been employed full time by the College as masons and scaffolders.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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