fall on

verb

variants or fall upon

fell on or fell upon; fallen on or fallen upon; falling on or falling upon; falls on or falls upon

transitive verb

: to meet with

fell on hard times

Examples of fall on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, this year, the holiday falls on a Saturday — which means both a full weekend of Halloween celebrations, and a day-before Friday that counts towards the same weekly tally as the day-of Saturday. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026

Stocks are falling on Thursday , with chip stocks and AI infrastructure names getting hit the hardest on growing concerns about the scarcity of capital to fund the AI buildout. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

With the group cut off from the outside world, suspicion falls on everyone. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

Advertisement The costs of such Faustian bargains fall on everyone excluded from them. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fall on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon