All English words - page 1359

Meanings of Fall:

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

noun

An act of falling or collapsing.

Usage examples:

His mother had a fall as she alighted from a train

Meanings of Fall about:

phrasal verb

Laugh uncontrollably.

Usage examples:

Audiences used to fall about when he shrugged his shoulders

Meanings of Fall apart:

phrasal verb

Go to pieces

Meanings of Fall back on:

phrasal verb

Have recourse to something when in difficulty.

Usage examples:

They normally fell back on one of three arguments

Meanings of Fall for:

phrasal verb

Fall in love with; become infatuated with

Meanings of Fall in:

phrasal verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically

Meanings of Fall in love with somebody:

phrase

To start to love someone romantically and sexually

Usage examples:

I was 20 when i first fell in love., he isn't the first boy to fall in love with her and he certain…

Meanings of Fall off:

phrasal verb

Come off

Meanings of Fall off the wagon:

idiom

To start drinking alcohol, after a period when you have drunk none

Usage examples:

When her husband died, she fell off the wagon.

Meanings of Fall through:

phrasal verb

Fail utterly; collapse

Meanings of Fall-away:

phrasal verb

If parts of something fall away, they break off and drop to the ground

Usage examples:

On the bathroom ceiling, some pieces of plaster had fallen away., the rear sections of the rocket f…

Meanings of Fall-back:

phrasal verb

Fall backwards and down

Meanings of Fall-flat:

idiom

To not be funny or entertaining

Usage examples:

Some of the jokes were pretty funny, others fell flat.

Meanings of Fall-from-grace:

idiom

A situation in which you do something that makes people in authority stop liking you or admiring you

Usage examples:

The finance minister's fall from grace gave his enemies great satisfaction.

Meanings of Fall-in-with:

phrasal verb

To become friendly with someone

Usage examples:

She fell in with a strange crowd of people at university., it seemed like a good idea so we just fe…

Meanings of Fall-into-place:

idiom

To become well organized in a way that makes success likely

Usage examples:

After a lot of work over the past few years, my career goals are beginning to fall into place.

Meanings of Fall-on:

phrasal verb

When suspicion falls on a particular person, people think that they may be guilty of doing something bad

Usage examples:

He was the last person to see the woman alive, and suspicion immediately fell on him.

Meanings of Fall-to-pieces:

idiom

If someone falls or goes to pieces, that person becomes unable to think clearly and control their emotions because of something unpleasant or difficult that they have experienced

Usage examples:

She just went (all) to pieces during finals., the glass must have been cracked - it just fell to pi…

Meanings of Fall-upon:

phrasal verb

To attack someone suddenly and unexpectedly

Usage examples:

The soldiers fell on the villagers and seized all their weapons., her gaze fell upon a small box at…

Meanings of Fall-victim:

idiom

To fail or suffer because of something

Usage examples:

The movie industry fell victim to its own success.

Meanings of Fall-victim-to:

idiom

To fail or suffer because of something

Usage examples:

The movie industry fell victim to its own success.

Meanings of Fallacies:

noun

A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments.

Usage examples:

The notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy

Meanings of Fallacious:

adjective

Based on a mistaken belief.

Usage examples:

Fallacious arguments

Meanings of Fallaciously:

adverb

In a way that is false

Usage examples:

Things have been promised to us fallaciously., it is a coalition fallaciously claiming to represent…

Meanings of Fallaciousness:

noun

The quality of being false

Usage examples:

Two points demonstrate the fallaciousness of this argument.