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

Authorities said 142 litres of rainfall per square meter fell on the town of 4,760 inhabitants. — CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

Commissioners insist they were promised by Miami-Dade County that maintenance costs would not fall on the cities the linear park runs through. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

Times water and climate change writer Ian James reports on a new study connecting the snow that falls on Californian mountains and the groundwater beneath Central Valley farmlands. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Warmer air holds more moisture, so as temperatures rise, more snow will likely fall on Antarctica. — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 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