fell+off

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• fell off his chair — fell from his chair to the floor; laughed so hard he could no longer sit in his chair …   English contemporary dictionary

• I had one but the wheels fell off — • a bizarre sarcastic reply that you give when you don t understand what the other person is saying (usually technical). e.g. You just need to remove the overhead cam slip ring side flange , Oh yeah, I had one of those but the wheels fell off ! …   Londonisms dictionary

• lorry, it fell off the back of a - — Honest John s Used Skips That seems really cheap for a skip. Where did you get it from? It fell off the back of a lorry. see picture …   English expressions

• fell off his feet — lay down …   English contemporary dictionary

• off the wagon — {adj. phr.}, {slang} No longer refusing to drink whiskey or other alcoholic beverages; drinking liquor again, after stopping for a while. * /When a heavy drinker quits he must really quit. One little drink of whiskey is enough to drive him off… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• off the wagon — {adj. phr.}, {slang} No longer refusing to drink whiskey or other alcoholic beverages; drinking liquor again, after stopping for a while. * /When a heavy drinker quits he must really quit. One little drink of whiskey is enough to drive him off… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• off the back of a lorry — british humorous phrase used about something that is cheap or free because it was probably stolen by the person who gave it to you Thesaurus: illegal or dishonestsynonym cheap and inexpensivesynonym general words for crimessynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• Fell — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• off — off1 [ ɔf, af ] function word *** Off can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: He waved and drove off. She took her coat off and hung it up. My house is a long way off. as a preposition: She got off the bus at the next stop. Keep off the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• off — I UK [ɒf] / US [ɔf] / US [ɑf] adjective, adverb, preposition *** Summary: Off can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: He waved and drove off. ♦ She took her coat off and hung it up. ♦ My house is a long way off. as a preposition: She got …   English dictionary

• off — off1 W1S1 [ɔf US o:f] adv, prep, adj 1.) away from a place ▪ He got into his car and drove off. ▪ Suddenly they turned off and parked in a side road. ▪ Once we were off the main freeway, the trip felt more like a vacation. ▪ Her husband was off… …   Dictionary of contemporary English