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fall about

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. (of friendship) to be withdrawn


2. to slope/descer down
3. to become lean/magra or thin; diminish; decline.
4. to forsake/abandonar one's faith, cause, or principles:
Many fell away because they were afraid of reprisals.

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 suddenly or collapse


2. (often foll by on) informal to prove unsuccessful; fail
3. to perform disappointngly; to disappoint; fail: He was doing well on the exam untl he fell down on the last essay queston.
1. to become infatuated/apaixonado with (a person)
2. to allow oneself to be deceived by (a lie, trick, etc)

"1. to collapse; no longer act as a support


2. to adopt a military formaton, esp as a soldier taking his place in a line
3. (of a lease/concessão) to expire
4. (of land/terreno) to come into the owner's possession on the expiry of the lease
5. (often foll by with)
a. to meet and join
b. to agree with or support a person, suggeston, etc"

fall in behind or beside:


If you fall in behind or beside someone who is walking along, you start walking behind them or beside them.

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.

1. (adverb) to begin some actvity, as eatng, working, or fghtng


2. (prepositon) to devolve on (a person) ⇒ the task fell to me
3. to apply oneself; begin: to fall to work.
1. to come under (an influence, etc.)
2. to be listed or classifed as
a fall guy
a falling out
apple does not fall far from the tree
apple never falls far from the tree
asleep at the switch
be as easy as falling of a log
be coming apart at the seams
be heading for a fall
bread always falls on the buttered side
break (one's) fall
break fall
escape the bear and fall to the lion
fall (a)foul
fall (squarely) on (someone's) shoulders
fall about the place (laughing)
fall all over
fall all over oneself
fall apart
fall asleep at the switch
fall asleep at the wheel
fall at
fall at the fnal hurdle
fall at the frst hurdle
fall at the last hurdle
fall away toward
fall below
fall beneath
fall between
fall between the cracks
fall between two stools
fall by
fall by the wayside
fall flat
fall flat on face
fall for hook, line and sinker
fall foul of
fall from
fall from grace
fall from power
fall guy
fall head over heels
fall head over heels in love
fall heir to
fall ill
fall in a heap
fall in line
fall in on
fall in place
fall in with
fall into
fall into (one's) lap
fall into a trap
fall into clutches
fall into decay
fall into disfavor
fall into disgrace
fall into disuse
fall into hands
fall into lap
fall into line
fall into place
fall into the trap of
fall of a truck
fall of of the radar
fall of perch
fall of the back of a lorry
fall of the back of a truck
fall of the map
fall of the turnip truck
fall of the wagon
fall on deaf ears
fall on face
fall on hard tmes
fall on knees
fall on one's face
fall on one's feet
fall on one's sword
fall on stony ground
fall on sword
fall out of bed
fall out of favor
fall out of love
fall out with
fall outside
fall over backward
fall over backwards
fall over oneself
fall overboard
fall prey to
fall short
fall short of
fall short of goal
fall through the cracks
fall through the floor
fall to bits
fall to pieces
fall toward
fall under spell
fall under the spell of (someone)
fall victm
fall within
falling down drunk
falling-down drunk
falling-out
falls on deaf ears
have scales fall from (one's) eyes
He that is down need fear no fall
let the chips fall
Let the chips fall where they may
like falling of (of) a log
nearly fall of chair
reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall
ride for a fall
riding for a fall
stand or fall by
take a fall
take the fall
take the fall for
the curtain falls
The scales fall from eyes
someone who is blamed for another person's mistake or crime
A severe quarrel or disagreement, especially one that leads to a temporary or permanent end of a relationship.
Said when someone is displaying/exibindo traits/traço or behaving in the same way as his or her relatves (especially parents)
Said when someone is displaying/exibindo traits/traço or behaving in the same way as his or her relatves (especially parents)
Fig. not attending to one's job; failing to do one's duty at the proper time. not paying attention
to be very easy
it is in a very bad conditon and likely to fail
to be behaving in a way that is likely to cause problems for you
When things go wrong, they go completely wrong.
To interrupt, prevent, or soften one's fall, either physically or fguratvely
to cushion/amortecer a falling person; to lessen the impact of a falling person.
To avoid a frightening or problematc situaton, only to end up in a worse one later.
To become disliked or to come in conflict with due to one's actons, often resultng in further trouble or conflict. Usedin the ph
to be or become the sole responsibility of someone.
To be consumed by uncontrollable laughter.
Fig. to give a lot of attention, affection, or praise to someone.
. Make an inordinate efort to do something, try very hard or eagerly.
. . Lit. [for something] to break apart where its parts are joined.  2. Fig. to break down mentally. 
To fail to attend to one's responsibilites or dutes; to be inattentve to that which is important or for which one isresponsible.
To fail to attend to one's responsibilites or dutes; to be inattentve to that which is important or for which one isresponsible.
to prostrate oneself before or at the feet of someone or something.
To fail to accomplish some task or goal at the very end of the attempt.
To fail to accomplish some task or goal at the very beginning of the attempt.
To fail to accomplish some task or goal at the very end of the attempt.
to slant/inclinar downward toward something.
to drop to a lower level than something
to drop under something
to drop between things.
To be overlooked, neglected, or ignored, especially due to mismanagement or disarray in the midst of a large orcomplex situat
Fig. to come somewhere between two possibilities and so fail to meet the requirements of either.
[for an asset] to drop in value by a certain amount
1. to no longer be active or stop trying
to fail completely
to fail or make a mistake in an embarrassing way
to fall very much in love with someone or to completely believe something someone tells you which is not true
to get into a situaton where one is opposed to someone or something; to get into trouble with someone or something.
to fallsin
1. to ofand
of someone
get on theorwrong
something.
side of God.
2. to do something wrong and get in trouble with someone other than God.
Fig. to go out of power; to go out of office. 
A scapegoat/bode espiatório; someone who takes the "fall" (consequences) for someone else.
Fig. to fall down, perhaps turning over or rolling. 
Fig.  to fall deeply in love with someone, especially suddenly.
1. Lit. to inherit something; to end up with certain possessions of someone who has died.
2. . to end up with having to take care of something that no one else wants; to be placed in charge of something unexpectedly
to become ill.
to lose
2. to control to
conform; of fall
yourin(to)
feelings and start to cry
place.
3 to behave in a manner similar to someone or something
to cave in on someone or something; to collapse on someone or something.
to ft together; to become organized; to make sense.
3. Be naturally divisible into
4. fall into error or sin . Be drawn/atraido into bad behavior
To be received unexpectedly or without efort.
to get caught in a trap.
to become influenced or controlled by someone who is likely to use their power in a bad way
to degenerate; to rot./apodrecer
to lose one's influence; to be preferred less and less
to become without honor.
to be used less and less.
to be caught or controlled by someone
Fig. [for something of great value or usefulness] to be given or granted/concedido to someone without having been requested
to dobecome
1. to something similar
organized
2. to be correctly arranged
to become involved in something
Of goods or merchandise, to be acquired/adiquirido by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession withou
to be forgotten or ignored, often because someone's attenton is on something more important
to die
Of goods or merchandise, to be acquired by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession withoutbeing paid
Of goods or merchandise, to be acquired by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession withoutbeing paid
to stop being known or considered
To be gullible/ingenuo, naïve/ingenuo, or unsophistcated.
to start drinking alcohol again, especially too much alcohol, after a period when you have not drunk any
Fig. [for talk or ideas] to be ignored by the persons they were intended for.
to fall down, face frst. to fail miserably, usually in a performance
Fig. to experience difficult times, especially financially
to kneel down, usually in respect
Make a blunder/tolice or error of judgment
Overcome difcultes, be restored to a sound or stable conditon.
To resign in a way to accept responsibility for a mistake.
if a request, a warning, or advice falls on stony ground, people ignore it
to fall down and be penetrated by one's own sword, accidentally or on purpose or to accept defeat; to go to extremes to indic
to roll out of one's bed onto the floor. [for a measurement] to drop very low very fast.
to lose someone's approval or acceptance.
to stop being in love with someone.
to argue
to be beyond someone's power, responsibility, or jurisdicton.
To expend a lot of energy or efort to do something; to inconvenience oneself.
Fig. to do everything possible to please someone. 
Fig. to rush/correr eagerly/ansiosamente and awkwardly/desajeitadamente to do something.
to fall from a boat or a ship into the water.
to be harmed/prejudicado by someone or something
to lack something; to lack enough of something, such as money, tme, etc.
if something falls short of a partcular level or standard, it does not reach it
to fail to achieve a goal.
to be not notced or dealt with
if
1.the price to
Literally, or fall
value or of something
break apart. falls through the floor, it becomes very low
2. To become emotonally upset or unstable.
1. Lit. to break into pieces.
2. Fig. to become emotonally upset.
to drop
1. Lit. toor fall in
come the directon
under of something.
the magical control of a magician or similar person.
2. Fig. to be fascinated by someone; to be enchanted by someone.
to come under the influence or control of someone because one fnds him or her fascinatng, enchantng, orseductve.
To fall prey/presa to something
to belong to a specifc category or classifcaton.
very drunk.
Severely intoxicated from alcohol, to the point of being unable to stand upright
noun: a disagreement.
a statement, opinion, or suggeston is ignored
To suddenly be able to see a situaton clearly and accurately.
Prov. If you have nothing, you cannot lose anything by taking a risk.
to not worry about the efects of your actons
Prov. Let something happen regardless of the consequences and no matter what happens
Extremely easy; very intuitve; requiring little or no skill or efort.
to be very surprised about something
An insignifcant, flexible person is more likely not to get hurt in a crisis than a prominent or rigid person
Court danger or disaster,
Fig. risking failure or an accident, usually due to overconfidence.
if you stand or fall by something, that thing alone causes you to succeed
to fake being knocked out in a boxing match.
Sl. to get arrested for a particular crime.
o accept the blame for something bad or not legal that another person has done
the end comes to something, esp. a job or actvity
if the scales fall from someone's eyes, they are suddenly able to understand the truth
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