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单词 to fall to
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to fall to
to fall to
1. intransitive. To happen, occur. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)]
becomec888
i-tidec888
falleOE
ywortheOE
i-limp975
belimpOE
i-timeOE
worthOE
tidea1131
goa1200
arearc1275
syec1275
betide1297
fere1297
risea1350
to come aboutc1350
overcomea1382
passa1393
comea1400
to come in (also to, on, etc.) placea1400
eschew?a1400
chevec1400
shapec1400
hold1462
to come (also go) to pass1481
proceed?1518
occura1522
bechance1527
overpass1530
sorta1535
succeed1537
adventurec1540
to fall toc1540
success1545
to fall forth1569
fadge1573
beword?1577
to fall in1578
happen1580
event1590
arrive1600
offer1601
grow1614
fudge1615
incur1626
evene1654
obvene1654
to take place1770
transpire1775
to go on1873
to show up1879
materialize1885
break1914
cook1932
to go down1946
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 43v Noman..ferd is for fortune till it falle to.
2. intransitive. Of a door, gate, etc.: to close, become closed. Cf. to adv. 4.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > become closed (of a door, window, etc.)
shut1470
steeka1500
to fall to1565
sneck1871
to shut to1912
1565 J. Hall Anat. 3rd Treat. iv. vi. 83 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. A certayne lyttle couerynge like a flappe,..whyche by the fallynge course of vrine, is driuen open at the entrance therof into the bladder: but after wardes fallynge to agayne, it..closelye shutteth the entrance.
1593 G. Peele Honovr of Garter sig. D Fames great double doores fell to and shutt.
1654 W. Jenkyn Expos. Jude: 2nd Pt. 673 An unskilful serving-man, who opens the gate for his Master, but lets it fall to again, so as that he himselfe is hindred from following.
1790 J. Macdonald Trav. Europe, Asia, & Afr. 337 The person comes in and walks up stairs, then the door falls to again.
1853 G. S. Raymond in L. C. Moulton Waverley Garland 208 The sound of the gate falling to against the post, as we entered, aroused the family.
1889 ‘M. Maartens’ Sin of Joost Avelingh I. i. x. 130 The oaken door fell to behind them.
1935 Virginia Q. Rev. 11 297 The old plowshares..chinked as the gate fell to.
2010 D. Nicholas Something Red (2013) 263 He stepped through into the corridor, letting the thick cloth fall to behind him.
3. intransitive. To begin doing something, esp. in a purposeful or energetic manner; spec. (a) to begin fighting; to come to blows; (b) to begin eating voraciously or with relish. Cf. to adv. 6, to fall to —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 2.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)]
beginc1000
onginOE
aginOE
ginc1175
to go tillc1175
to take onc1175
comsea1225
fanga1225
to go toc1275
i-ginc1275
commencec1320
to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400
to lay to one's hand(sc1405
to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410
to set toc1425
standa1450
to make to1563
to fall to it1570
to start out1574
to fall to1577
to run upon ——1581
to break off1591
start1607
to set in1608
to set to one's hands1611
to put toa1616
to fall ona1625
in1633
to fall aboard1642
auspicatea1670
to set out1693
to enter (into) the fray1698
open1708
to start in1737
inchoate1767
to set off1774
go1780
start1785
to on with1843
to kick off1857
to start in on1859
to steam up1860
to push off1909
to cut loose1923
to get (also put) the show on the road1941
to get one's arse in gear1948
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > come to blows
to come to strokes1297
to fall in hand (also hands)1448
to fall to1577
come (or go), fall, get to blows1594
to go or fall to cuffsa1616
to fall, get, go to loggerheads1671
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (intransitive)] > begin to eat
to fall aboard1498
to fall to1577
to stand toa1616
win to1816
to get to1827
to dig in1912
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1451/2 The Englishmen fell to and replyed with strokes.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. v. 98 My Lord, wilt please you to fall to ? View more context for this quotation
1636 J. Carpenter tr. Ovid Remedy of Love ii. 29 If thou art hungry, thou wilt not refraine When meat's before thee, to fall to againe.
1654 Ex Ungue Leonem sig. C3v A while she stops..: Then in a trice falls to again, renews Her itching wriglings.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 101 Let us fall too, and consider of some good things to advance the Woollen Manufactures.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iv. 105 Come Brothers, said Peter, fall to, and spare not; here is excellent good Mutton.
1752 London Mag. Feb. 89/1 They renewed their work, and in the afternoon, just as they were going to leave off, they heard a hollow noise, like a groan, from under a part of the snow. This made them fall to with great vigour.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. ii. 39 We fall to upon these dainties.
1865 F. Parkman Champlain iii, in Pioneers of France in New World 223 I have seen our curé and the minister..fall to with their fists on questions of faith.
1886 E. Whitaker Tip Cat (new ed.) xv. 199 Dick, finding a spare rake, fell to and worked with a will.
1957 National Jewish Post 25 Jan. (Indiana ed.) 12/2 Siler, unable to decide on a winner, ordered five rounds more. Nothing loath, the lads fell to again.
2001 D. Pirie Patient's Eyes (2007) 107 I needed no encouragement and fell to with a vengeance... It seemed like weeks since I had eaten.
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to fall to ——
to fall to ——
1. intransitive. Hunting. To pick up (a scent or trail); to track, pick up the scent of (an animal). Obsolete. rare.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > follow (a track or trail) > find track and follow
to fall to ——c1400
track1799
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1425 Þe howndeȝ..fellen..fast to þe fuyt.
c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 1 (MED) Thay hom dyȝt into the depe dellus, Fellun to tho femalus.
2. intransitive.Cf. to fall to 3 at Phrasal verbs 1, and cf. also to fall to work at Phrases 1c(a), to fall to it at Phrases 1c(b), and sense 47d.
a. To begin to eat (food, a meal), esp. voraciously or with relish. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)] > begin to eat
to fall to ——c1440
to fall unto ——1587
c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) l. 1326 Þay felle to þaire fude.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4587 A wolfe..Quen he has faute of his flesch he fallis to þe soile!
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark v. f. xliv At the length he is vnbound, and falleth to his meate.
1593 B. Rich Greenes Newes sig. Gv Comfort your selfe whilst your meate is warme, plucke vppe your stomake and fall to your breakfast.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. vii. 24 in Wks. (1640) III Fall to your cheese-cakes, curdes, and clawted creame. View more context for this quotation
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iii. 52 When this is done they fall to their Meat. I saw one of these Grave-Feasts.
1730 W. Reading Fifty Eight Serm. III. v. 56 The abstinence of the day..only whetted them to fall to their Supper with the greater gust.
1852 Church Oct. 273/1 He fell to his meat with a hearty appetite.
1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers (1917) iii. 40 Gib shook himself like a great dog, and fell to his breakfast without a word.
2012 E. Dymott Every Contact leaves Trace 161 He would laugh as he came in and my mother and he would fall to their supper, silently.
b. To begin using or resort to using (a given object) in order to engage in a particular activity which is implied or understood. Obsolete.Often with nouns used metonymically, as to fall to the sword: to begin fighting; to fall to one's oars: to begin rowing; to fall to one's books: to begin reading, writing, or studying.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)]
fang855
runOE
to take to ——?c1225
seeka1300
goc1390
to have (one's or a) recourse toc1405
recourse?a1425
suit1450
to take (also make or make one's) recourse to (also into)c1456
repairc1475
to fall to ——1490
recur1511
to take unto ——1553
flee1563
betake1590
retreat1650
to call on ——1721
devolve1744
to draw upon ——1800
to draw on ——a1817
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xix. 419 Now, lordes, make you redy, and see that every man fall to his armures, for I wyl now gyve assaute to mountalban.
1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 78 In gret rage and anger they fell to their weapons, nothing regarding Hanno, or the other captains.
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 544 Julius..would haue his speare in his left hand, and his pen in his right hand: he neuer vnarmed himselfe but he would presently fall to his booke.
1651 C. Sydenham False Brother 29 When the Scots saw all this would not do, they fall to their pens, and shoot up and down their paper pellets against the Army.
1679 I. Bargrave tr. F. Micanzio Exact Discov. Myst. Iniquity 14 The Master of a Galley..with once whistling makes all the Galley Slaves fall to their Oars.
1759 T. Flloyd tr. T.-S. Gueullette Tartarian Tales 302 The unhappy Creatures were no sooner stretched out on the Floor, than the Murderers fell to their Horn, but the Wretches were deaf to their Musick.
1886 Warren (Pa.) Mail 7 Sept. The pupils fall to their books, their music exercises, etc., at certain hours.
1908 Christian Observer (Louisville, Kentucky) 9 Sept. 20/4 He fell to his books with a right good will, and when spelling time came, astonished both master and pupils.
1916 G. Moore Brook Kerith (new ed.) ix. 95 There was no use arguing with the ferryman, who after a long stare fell to his oars.
3. intransitive. To agree to or comply with (a proposal, course of action, etc.). Obsolete.
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the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)]
cordc1380
to give handsa1425
to fall to ——a1450
agree1472
to go into ——1540
astipulate1548
subscribe1560
seal1579
suffragate1606
give1621
assent1637
homologate1644
to take up with1673
affirmative1775
chorus1836
yea-say1887
yes1915
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)]
thave835
baithea1350
consentc1386
accordc1400
agreea1413
sustainc1425
to fall to ——a1450
exalt1490
avow1530
to stand satisfactory to1576
teem1584
assent1637
to close with1654
fiat1831
to stand in1911
wear1925
a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 774 (MED) Thorgh counsayl of the lordes alle To her desyre pleynly she is falle, And accorded..That of Thebes Edippus shal be kyng.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxi. 195 I wold gladly fall to any reasonable way.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxiiiiv The citiezens..fell to this pact.
1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 595 They fell to this agreement, That Adolph should possesse till his death the places which he had surprised.
1683 W. Penn in N. Crouch Eng. Empire in Amer. (1685) 118 He fell to the Bounds of the Land they had agreed to dispose of, and the Price.
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