fall down
verb
fell down; fallen down; falling down; falls down
: to fail to meet expectations or requirements
fell down on the job
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Man dead, woman rescued after falling down 80-foot cliff in UTV at Kentucky adventure park
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USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
The boy’s death was initially reported as an accidental fall down a flight of stairs.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
Sills called 911 on the morning of Nov. 16, 2016, and said his wife appeared to have fallen down the stairs, the district attorney’s office said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2024
Lauren Goode: That seems like of all the things to potentially fall down the rabbit hole on, a pretty virtuous one.
—Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
Being this kind of standard-issue Democrat, doing great work in New York cleaning up the Hudson River, but then falling down these wormholes of conspiracy theories that are just honestly outrageous, unproven, and slightly crazy and dangerous.
Slightly crazy and dangerous?
—Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
Deputy James Blackmon: My first … thought that night was maybe this man had a heart attack and … fell down the embankment along Lake Wohlford Road .
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2024
Never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
The Tigers kept it close, fell down double digits and so on and on … until the clock hit zeros, and Missouri’s SEC win column stayed at 0.
—Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2024
USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
The boy’s death was initially reported as an accidental fall down a flight of stairs.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
Sills called 911 on the morning of Nov. 16, 2016, and said his wife appeared to have fallen down the stairs, the district attorney’s office said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2024
Lauren Goode: That seems like of all the things to potentially fall down the rabbit hole on, a pretty virtuous one.
—Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
Being this kind of standard-issue Democrat, doing great work in New York cleaning up the Hudson River, but then falling down these wormholes of conspiracy theories that are just honestly outrageous, unproven, and slightly crazy and dangerous.
Slightly crazy and dangerous?
—Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
Deputy James Blackmon: My first … thought that night was maybe this man had a heart attack and … fell down the embankment along Lake Wohlford Road .
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2024
Never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
The Tigers kept it close, fell down double digits and so on and on … until the clock hit zeros, and Missouri’s SEC win column stayed at 0.
—Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2024
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