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View synonyms for fall on

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
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Example Sentences

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.”

The phenomenon at Horsetail Fall on El Capitan occurs in a tiny window in late February when the setting sun hits the waterfall at the right angle.

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.

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Teixeira apologised before the court, and said he understood that "all the responsibility and consequences fall on my shoulders alone", according to reporters inside the Boston court.

From BBC

But mostly, this season’s fires burn because, for big swaths of the Northeast—including New York City—this is, to date, the driest fall on record.

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