fall down

Definitions

1. To fall to the ground. To collapse.
   intransitive
2. To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet.
3. To fail; to make a mistake.
   figuratively, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Ring⟳ a-ring o' roses, / A pocketful of posies. / A-tishoo! A-tishoo! / We all fall⟳ down. — traditional nursery rhyme (British version)”

“The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall⟳ down.”

“Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe⟳ that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.”

“He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double⟳ purchase⟳ and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like⟳ a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put⟳ to the test⟳ the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."”

“That is where your reasoning falls down.”

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