fall down
— phrasal verb with fall uk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/verb fell, fallen
(FALL)
B1 to fall to the ground:
Our apple tree fell down in the storm.
He stumbled and fell down.
If a building is falling down, it is in a very bad condition and there is a risk that it will break into pieces and drop to the ground:
Many buildings in the old part of the city are falling down.
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- I'm looking for a doings to hold up a curtain rail that's fallen down.
- The scaffolding prevents the building from falling down.
- A new steeple was built after the old one fell down.
- One of the their players fell down every time someone tried to tackle him.
- She fell down to her knees and prayed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Falling and dropping
- ass
- ass over teakettle idiom
- collapse
- collapse/fall in a heap idiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop
- drop like flies idiom
- drop sb/sth off
- fly
- let go idiom
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- put sth/sb down
- relinquish
- shower
- thump
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(FAIL)
UK to fail:
Where do you think the plan falls down?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Failing and doing badly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls-up
- be running on empty idiom
- beat a dead horse idiom
- crack
- crash
- draw
- fail
- fall apart
- fray around/at the edges idiom
- fumble
- get off on the right/wrong foot idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- go against sb
- sink like a stone idiom 1
- sink like a stone
- so much for sth idiom
- stagnate
- strike out
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