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Definition of Fall open
1. Verb. Open involuntarily. "Her jaw dropped"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall Open
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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