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Meaning of take a fall out of | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

get the better of

obsolete, slang, transitive

Examples

“and they had it back and forth across the table—a good old-fashioned family spat. Jennie mixed in; Jeff took a fall out of her and wished mighty soon that he hadn't.”

“Besides, how they do love to “take a fall out of” the bourgeois–épater is their word for it.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

take a fancy to take a flutter take a flyer take a flying fuck take a flying fuck at a rolling donut take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut