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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Elizabeth keeps falling down the steep stairs here.
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
This game is beyond fall down drunk.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
This isn’t to say writer and director Mary Bronstein’s film, about the agonizing deterioration of a woman whose life is falling down around her in near-apocalyptic fashion, isn’t worth watching.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
The Brewers will look to avoid falling down 3-0 to the Dodgers in the NLCS by winning Game 3 tonight.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
This game is beyond fall down drunk.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
This isn’t to say writer and director Mary Bronstein’s film, about the agonizing deterioration of a woman whose life is falling down around her in near-apocalyptic fashion, isn’t worth watching.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
The Brewers will look to avoid falling down 3-0 to the Dodgers in the NLCS by winning Game 3 tonight.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fall down
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“Fall down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20down. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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