Phrase Hound found 206 phrases and 133 compound words that contain fall. The most common are listed below. Open fall in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 206
- fall asleepTo pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
- fall outSynonym of falling out (“rift following a disagreement or quarrel”).
- fall in loveTo come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.
- fall offTo become detached or to drop from.
- fall downTo fall to the ground. To collapse.
- fall apartTo disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- take the fallTo willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
- fall in lineTo submit to the rules of a higher authority; obey; conform.
- fall of manThe transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience.
- fall backUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
- fall into placeTo assume a clear and complete form when separate elements come together; to be fully realized at last.
- fall of the wallThe deconstruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and 1990.
- fall overTo fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.
- fall shortTo be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient.
- fall to piecesTo break into a number of segments; to collapse.
- fall behindUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, behind.
- fall awayTo cease to support a person or cause.
- fall underTo belong to for purposes of categorization.
- fall guyOne who is gullible and easily duped.
- fall throughUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.
- taking the fallpresent participle of take the fall: To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
- took the fallsimple past of take the fall
- takes the fallthird-person singular simple present indicative of take the fall: To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.
- fall out of loveTo cease to be in love (with someone).
- fall from graceThe loss of one's social position, prestige, status, power, etc.
Compound words 133
- fallenpast participle of fall: To be moved downwards.
- waterfallA flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
- rainfallThe amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
- falloutThe event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
- snowfallAn instance of falling of snow.
- downfallA precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
- windfallSomething that has been blown down by the wind.
- nightfallThe close of the day; the coming of night.
- pitfallA type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, into which the victim is supposed to fall and not be able to get out from.
- offalThe internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.