fall to

British  

verb

1. (adverb) to begin some activity, as eating, working, or fighting

2. (preposition) to devolve on (a person)

   the task fell to me

3. (of a plan, theory, etc) to be rendered invalid, esp because of lack of necessary information

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fall to Idioms  

1. Energetically begin an activity, set to work, as in As soon as they had the right tools, they fell to work on the house. This expression is also often used to mean “begin to eat.” Charles Dickens so used it in American Notes (1842): “We fall-to upon these dainties.” [Late 1500s]

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fall to

This compares with its previous guidance of 5.7 billion to 6.1 billion euros, with an organic performance ranging from a 2% fall to a 2% rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Justin Wrobleski gives up four home runs and seven runs as the Dodgers fall to the Chicago Cubs 10-5 to suffer their fourth consecutive loss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The institute forecast it would continue to fall to 1,500cm per second by Tuesday.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

If Alphabet were excluded from second-quarter earnings figures overall, the S&P 500’s blended earnings growth rate — which combines actual results and expected results — would fall to 25.9%, from 37.9%, according to the report.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026

He lets his book bag fall to the side between Isaac and him, and he’s sitting right next to me.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

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