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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After falling down, 1-2, the Knicks went on to outscore them by 96 over their last three games.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
The star was dipped in a rainbow of colors from her décolletage down to the spiral train of her body-hugging dress with fringe falling down the cuffs of the long-sleeve gown.
—Beatrice Dupuy, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
The Pittsburgh Penguins, who had fallen down three games to none in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against their cross-state rival Philadelphia Flyers, had surged back to make a series of it with consecutive wins.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Elsewhere in the episode, Rodrigo starred in a slapstick-heavy sketch about a 1980s soap opera where people keep tripping and violently falling down stairs in increasingly absurd ways.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 May 2026
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
The star was dipped in a rainbow of colors from her décolletage down to the spiral train of her body-hugging dress with fringe falling down the cuffs of the long-sleeve gown.
—Beatrice Dupuy, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
The Pittsburgh Penguins, who had fallen down three games to none in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against their cross-state rival Philadelphia Flyers, had surged back to make a series of it with consecutive wins.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Elsewhere in the episode, Rodrigo starred in a slapstick-heavy sketch about a 1980s soap opera where people keep tripping and violently falling down stairs in increasingly absurd ways.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 May 2026
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“Fall down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20down. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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