topple from something

topple from something
topple off (of) something & topple from something
to fall off the top of something very tall. (

Of

is usually retained before pronouns.) •

Careful there! You might topple off of that wall.

I didn't get too close to the edge, because I was afraid of toppling off.

She toppled off the wall.

The vase toppled from its shelf in the quake.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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