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Definition of Fall over
1. Verb. Fall forward and down. "The old woman went over without a sound"
Definition of Fall over
1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) Of an argument, to fail to be valid. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic informal computing) Of a computer program or system, to crash. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall Over
Literary usage of Fall over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"His sentences fall over you in glittering cascades, beautiful and bright, and
for the moment refreshing, but after a brief while the mind, having nothing to ..."
2. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1844)
"She gave him a lily, less white than her breast— Gillyflower, gentle rosemary—
Quoth he, " Twill remind me of one I love best," While the dews fall over the ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"... damasked wine; 2. ,s. to fall over, tumble over; ... incline ; 2. to tumble,
fall over (on the back); ..."
4. A Zulu-Kafir Dictionary: Etymologically Explained, with Copious by Jacob Ludwig Döhne (1857)
"I wag passed over by a wagon, - the wagon went over me ;—2. To fall over, or
upon, at : i ni lin i ngi wele, ie : the house is falling upon me ;—3. ..."
5. Memorials of Mr. Serjeant Bellasis (1800-1873) by Edward Bellasis (1895)
"The Bishop instructs a child in taking off a stamp, and detects a fall over the
coal-box. Religious vocations, and Dr. Newman's opinion thereon. ..."
6. Camping and Tramping in Malaya by Ambrose Beatty Rathborne (1898)
"... Benighted—The Jungle—Birds—Wild Beasts—Leeches—Ticks- Snakes — Fish—Scenery—
Coffee Planting— Cholera — fall over Rocks—Waris Families—The Chief of ..."
7. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1910)
"He would get so weak and tired he would fall over on the sofa. ... Saw the 'phone
fall over once. They said it fell over a dozen times. ..."
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