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Definition of Fall down
1. Verb. Lose an upright position suddenly. "Her hair fell across her forehead"
Definition of Fall down
1. Verb. To fall to the ground. ¹
2. Verb. To collapse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall Down
Literary usage of Fall down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"3: à.ye fall down and worship the 6. ... whoso füllt th not down and 15. ye fall
down and worship the P'AL.— Participle. Dan. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"prevail'd with the Captain to get under sail, and fall down with the tyde to
Duncannon, and came to the King there about ..."
3. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1921)
"Where a good many growers fall down is in not having equipment sufficient in size
or capacity to do the work. The kind of outfit or the number of machines ..."
4. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"... whereas when visits of suitable insects are wanting, pollen may easily fall
down in both species from the anthers upon the stigma of the same flower, ..."
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