fall+(noun)

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• fall — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 accident ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, nasty, terrible ▪ She took a bad fall while out riding. ▪ accidental VERB + FALL …   Collocations dictionary

• fall guy — noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of • Syn: ↑chump, ↑fool, ↑gull, ↑mark, ↑patsy, ↑sucker, ↑soft touch, ↑mug • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• fall-off — fallˈ off noun A decrease • • • Main Entry: ↑fall * * * fall off UK US noun [singular] a reduction in the amount or level of something a fall off in sales Thesaurus: rates of decrease and the process of decreasingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• fall line — noun 1. : a line joining the waterfalls on a number of rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland and the limit of its navigability 2. : the natural downward course (as for skiing) between two points on a …   Useful english dictionary

• fall — ► VERB (past fell; past part. fallen) 1) move rapidly and without control from a higher to a lower level. 2) collapse to the ground. 3) (fall off) become detached and drop to the ground. 4) hang down. 5) (of someone s f …   English terms dictionary

• fall guy — ˈfall guy noun [countable] informal someone who is punished for someone else s mistakes: • Like many fall guys, he was a loyal manager who was hardly the only person to blame for his employer s troubles. * * * fall guy UK US noun [C] INFORMAL ►… …   Financial and business terms

• fall dandelion — noun fall blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States • Syn: ↑arnica bud, ↑Leontodon autumnalis • Hypernyms: ↑hawkbit * * * noun : a European scapose herb (Leontodon autumnalis) naturalized in the United States …   Useful english dictionary

• fall-trap — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a trap with a door or a weight that falls upon the victim * * * fallˈ trap noun A trap that operates by causing the victim to fall • • • Main Entry: ↑fall …   Useful english dictionary

• fall — noun see hasty climbers have sudden falls pride goes before a fall verb see fall down seven times, get up eight the apple never falls far from the tree between two stools one falls to the ground …   Proverbs new dictionary

• fall — index debacle, decline, decline (fall), decrease (noun), decrease (verb), depreciate, ebb, failure (lack of success) …   Law dictionary

• fall cankerworm — noun green or brown white striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria • Hypernyms: ↑cankerworm • Member Holonyms: ↑Alsophila, ↑genus Alsophila * * * noun : a green or brown white striped looper that is the larva of a small widespread No.… …   Useful english dictionary