fall on/upon sth
literary— phrasal verb with fall uk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/verb fell, fallen
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If your eyes fall on something, or your sight, eyes, etc. fall on something, you see and notice it:
Her gaze fell upon a small box at the back of the shop.
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Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- glance
- look-see
- observational
- ogle
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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(EAT)
to start to eat food eagerly:
They fell on the bread as if they hadn't eaten for days.
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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