fall down

verb

Definition of fall downnext
as in to go under

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Recent Examples of fall down This amount should be small enough to easily fall down to the soil. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 July 2026 Davis died in 1990 after a fall down stairs while under the influence of alcohol. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 His health problems resembled a fall down a long flight of stairs, with pauses at several landings. — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 In that contest, Rafael Fiziev looks to stop his fall down the 155-pound rankings against the climbing Manuel Torres. — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall down
  1. go under
  2. crack up
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  • The group will be responsible for offering more care — and more kinds of it — as hospitals go under, Judge said.
    — Daniel Payne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The first is the construction of the data center building, and the second is the compute servers and networking equipment that go under the roof.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of go under
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  • Here, Lauren Houser, vice president of marketing at cleaning solutions company Zep in Atlanta, Georgia, highlights six common hacks that really aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Being at the top of your game and winning on the biggest stages isn’t always all it's cracked up to be.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of crack up

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fallen
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“Fall down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20down. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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