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fall among
fall apart
fall away
fall back
fall back on
fall behind
fall down
fall for
fall in
fall of
fall on
fall over
fall out
fall through
fall to
fall under
to laugh in an uncontrolled manner ⇒ we fell about when we saw him
to enter the company of (a group of people), esp by chance ⇒ he fell among thieves
1. to break owing/devido to long use or poor constructon ⇒ the chassis is falling apart
2. to become disorganized and inefectve ⇒ since you resigned, the ofce has fallen apart
1. to recede/recuar or retreat/recuar
2. (foll by on or upon) to have recourse/recorrer (to)
3. to give way; recede; retreat: The relentless/implacavel shelling/borbadeio forced the enemy to fall back.
noun fallback
3. a retreat/retro
4. a reserve, esp money, that can be called upon in need
5.
a. anything to which one can have recourse as a second choice
b. (as modifer) ⇒ a fallback positon
to have recourse to; rely on: They had no savings to fall back on.
1. to drop back; fail to keep up
2. to be in arrears/atraso, as with a payment
1. to drop unintentonally to the ground from (a high object, bicycle, etc), esp after losing one's balance
2. (adverb) to diminish in size, intensity, etc; decline or weaken ⇒ business fell of after Christmas
3. (adverb) nautcal to allow or cause a vessel to sail downwind of her former heading
noun fall-of
4. a decline or drop
5. to separate from; withdraw.
Also upon:
1. to assault; attack: The enemy fell on them suddenly from the rear.
2. to be the obligaton of: It has fallen on me to support the family.
3. to experience; encounter: Once well-to-do, they had fallen on hard tmes.
4. to chance upon; come upon: I fell upon the idea while looking through a magazine.
1. to lose one's balance and collapse to the ground
2. to fall from an upright positon ⇒ the vase fell over
1. to quarrel; disagree: We fell out over who was to wash the dishes.
2. to happen; occur: It fell out that we met by chance weeks later.
3. to leave one's place in the ranks, as a soldier: They were ordered to fall out when the parade ended.
4. Slang. to burst out/explodir laughing.
5. South Midland and Southern U.S. to become unconscious; pass out./desmaiar
1. to miscarry/abortar or fail
2. to come to nothing; fail of realizaton: Despite all his eforts, the deal fell through.