fall about

British  

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to laugh in an uncontrolled manner

   we fell about when we saw him

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Example Sentences

Non-interest income for the sector is also expected to fall about 7%, reflecting a high base from investment gains during the interest-rate downtrend in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal

Anything to the contrary could crush the Nasdaq and potentially bring it below the low it reached this fall, about a 6% drop from its current level.

From Barron's

Anything to the contrary could crush the Nasdaq and potentially bring it below the low it reached this fall, about a 6% drop from its current level.

From Barron's

Squibb plays the title character in “Eleanor the Great,” Scarlett Johansson’s film that came out this fall about a 94-year-old whose accidental lie grows to epic proportions after the media gets hold of the story.

From Los Angeles Times

During recessions, the stocks often fall about the same, or worse, than the broader market, “but allowed investors to achieve asymmetric returns, when the unknown bottom, was realized,” he wrote.

From Barron's