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fall down
verb
- to drop suddenly or collapse
- informal.often foll by on to prove unsuccessful; fail
Idioms and Phrases
Fail to meet expectations; lag in performance. For example, It was disappointing to see him fall down on the job . This expression transfers a literal drop to a figurative one. [Second half of 1800s]Example Sentences
Mrs Justice Stacey said the group "fell down the face of the weir" in no more than 20 seconds.
At the start of night two, I was going up a mountain and it was raining and there were gale force winds so the snow was melting and I kept falling down.
May said modern slavery had recently "fallen down the political agenda" and that she wanted to boost efforts to tackle it.
But they didn’t finish the quarter strong, turning the ball over, missing shots, giving up a 16-3 run to fall down by eight entering the second quarter.
But as far as what the character was processing toward the end, I think it was pure panic and trying to keep up this mask that just keeps falling down.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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