verb
The bucket fell to the bottom of the well. A meteorite fell on my house. The water falls 100 metres over the cliff at this point
Mother fell in the kitchen and hurt her knee
The price of oil fell today to a new low
Beyond the spinney, the meadow falls towards the river
The castle fell after a year's siege
His grandfather fell at the Battle of the Marne
I knew she would fall apart on the witness stand. The gadget fell apart as soon as we used it
As the enemy advanced, we fell back
All the ready ammunition was gone and we had to fall back on our reserves
If you fall behind, I'll wait for you. We fell behind in our mortgage payments
A hit in London might fall flat in New York
The walls were about to fall in on us
He fell in with a gang of thieves and spent the next few years avoiding the police. She agreed to fall in with my plan
Business falls off immediately after Christmas
Three muggers fell on me and stole my wallet
We fell out over politics
The results of the sales campaign fell short of expectations
The deal to buy the company fell through
The washing-up had to be done so I fell to
fall down
She hit me so hard that I fell down
He had to be replaced because he fell down on the job
fall for
Some people will fall for anyone who tells them the right time
Did Beaseley really fall for that old confidence trick?
noun
How could he have survived a fall from such a height?
They turn the clocks back one hour in the fall
Have you read Poe's classic Fall of the House of Usher ?
How many falls are there along the Limpopo River?
On the Stock Exchange today, investors experienced sharp falls in share prices
Note the smooth rise and fall of the land
The fall of Khartoum in 1898 marked the re-establishment of British rule in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
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