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fall on

vb (intr, preposition)
1. (Military) Also: fall upon to attack or snatch (an army, booty, etc)
2. fall flat on one's face to fail, esp in a ridiculous or humiliating manner
3. fall on one's feet to emerge unexpectedly well from a difficult situation
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fall

verb
1. To move downward in response to gravity:
descend, drop.
2. To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture:
drop, sink, slump.
3. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily:
drop, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble.
Idiom: take a fall.
4. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin:
collapse, go down, go under, surrender, topple.
5. To slope downward:
decline, descend, dip, drop, pitch, sink.
6. To become or cause to become less active or intense:
abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane.
7. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price:
dive, drop, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble.
Idiom: take a sudden downtrend.
8. To undergo moral deterioration:
sink, slip.
Idiom: go bad.
9. To take place at a set time:
come, occur.
10. To come as by lot or inheritance:
devolve, pass.
phrasal verb
fall back
1. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:
draw back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw.
Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground.
2. To move in a reverse direction:
back, backpedal, backtrack, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress.
Idiom: retrace one's steps.
phrasal verb
fall down
Informal. To be unsuccessful:
choke, fail, fall through.
Informal: flop.
Slang: bomb.
Idioms: fail of success, fall short.
phrasal verb
fall off
1. To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually:
drop off, sag, slip.
2. To become or cause to become less active or intense:
abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane.
phrasal verb
fall on or upon
To set upon with violent force:
aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike.
Informal: light into, pitch into.
phrasal verb
fall through
To be unsuccessful:
choke, fail.
Informal: fall down, flop.
Slang: bomb.
Idioms: fail of success, fall short.
noun
1. The act of dropping from a height:
descent, drop.
2. A sudden involuntary drop to the ground:
dive, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spill, tumble.
Informal: header.
3. A downward slope or distance:
decline, declivity, descent, drop, pitch.
4. A disastrous overwhelming defeat or ruin:
collapse, downfall, waterloo.
5. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices:
decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble.
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Translations

w>fall on

vi +prep obj
(= trip on) stone → fallen über (+acc)
(= be the responsibility of, be borne by, duty, decision, task) → zufallen (+dat); (blame) → treffen (+acc); the responsibility falls on your shoulders → Sie tragen or haben die Verantwortung
(= attack) → herfallen über (+acc)
(= find) → stoßen auf (+acc)
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