fall on

verb

1. Alsofall 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

Idioms and Phrases

Also, fall upon .

Example Sentences

Experts warn of flood risk from the heavy rain expected to fall on much of the Pacific Northwest in the next several days.

From Los Angeles Times

That represented a 25% fall on the previous year when 9,362 appointments were made by exception.

From BBC

He's right about this, but his words will fall on deaf ears.

From Salon

I just hope no matter what side of the politics you fall on, there’s people going over there and sacrificing their lives for what they’re sent to do.”

From Los Angeles Times

I have been on Bluesky for more than a year but cannot claim to have dived into it in earnest until this past weekend, when I found its college football–watching crowd to be much more energetic and fun than what I had seen this fall on X.

From Slate

Related Words

• breach
• infect
• infest
• loot
• occupy
• overrun
• penetrate
• pillage
• plunder
• raid
• ravage
• storm
• violate