Definition of Fall open

1. Verb. Open involuntarily. "Her jaw dropped"

Exact synonyms: Drop Open
Generic synonyms: Drop, Drop Down, Sink

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall Open

fall into
fall into place
fall line
fall of wicket
fall off
fall off a truck
fall off the back of a lorry
fall off the back of a truck
fall off the turnip truck
fall off the wagon
fall on
fall on deaf ears
fall on one's face
fall on one's feet
fall on one's sword
fall open (current term)
fall out
fall over
fall over backwards
fall over one's feet
fall over oneself
fall pregnant
fall prey
fall short
fall short of
fall streaks
fall through
fall through the cracks
fall to pieces
fall together

Literary usage of Fall open

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tuscan Cities by William Dean Howells (1885)
"... host's salutation, and then let their mouths fall open again and kept their hands stretched over the fire. It would be very hard to say just why these ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"Both designs of breakers may be so counterbalanced that in case of ordinary trouble either type will tend to fall open rather than to fall closed. ..."

3. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1895)
"The friend once more tried to open it, and the book seemed almost spontaneously to fall open at the same place. Curiosity was excited. ..."

4. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1912)
"A good many times when you pull this lever the lug will come up, but the knuckle will not fall open. When that lug is up, if it.is raised when you pull that ..."

5. Essays, Critical and Historical by John Henry Newman, ( (1890)
"Then letting the Bible fall open of itself, I fixed my eyes immediately on ... Then letting my Bible fall open as before, I fixed my eyes directly on this ..."

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