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
: to meet with
fell on hard times
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Nearly all of the surviving health-care facilities in the northernmost area fell on the wrong side of the partition.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Students began work last fall on rebuilding the stairs and handrails.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Much of the blame fell on the inside linebackers.
—Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The series will premiere this fall on Netflix.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
The show will air live this fall on ABC and Disney+, with episodes streaming the next day on Hulu.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 13 May 2026
The National Bike to Work Day falls on the third Thursday of May every year and has since way back in 1956, when the League of American Bicyclists decided to promote the health benefits of a two-wheel commute.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
Richins' attorneys had declined to comment ahead of her sentencing hearing, which falls on the day her husband would have turned 44 years old, The Associated Press reported.
—Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 13 May 2026
The loss doesn’t wholly fall on Astier’s shoulders, though.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Students began work last fall on rebuilding the stairs and handrails.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Much of the blame fell on the inside linebackers.
—Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The series will premiere this fall on Netflix.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
The show will air live this fall on ABC and Disney+, with episodes streaming the next day on Hulu.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 13 May 2026
The National Bike to Work Day falls on the third Thursday of May every year and has since way back in 1956, when the League of American Bicyclists decided to promote the health benefits of a two-wheel commute.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
Richins' attorneys had declined to comment ahead of her sentencing hearing, which falls on the day her husband would have turned 44 years old, The Associated Press reported.
—Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 13 May 2026
The loss doesn’t wholly fall on Astier’s shoulders, though.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
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“Fall on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20on. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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