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take a fall

  1. Also, take a spill . Suffer a fall, fall down, as in You took quite a fall on the ski slopes, didn't you? or Bill took a spill on the ice .

  2. Be arrested or convicted, as in He's taken a fall or two and spent some years in jail . [ Slang ; 1920s]



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