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

Some of that work instead has fallen on journalists, activists and others concerned that anyone with access to the company’s private camera networks can follow virtually any driver's movements with a query as effortless as a Google search. — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

The nation’s toughest football conference has fallen on hard times, at least by its lofty standards. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

Extreme precipitation is increasingly falling on mountains as rain not snow, increasing the risks of landslides and soil erosion. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Under the convention the burden of proving that exclusion falls on the Fund, not the claimant, and Oman has three years to force the question in court. — Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 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