- tumble down
- tumble downto fall down; to topple. •
The old barn was so rickety that it almost tumbled down on its own.
•The pile of books tumbled down all over the floor.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
tumble down
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Tumble-down — Tum ble down , a. Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble down house. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tumble down — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms tumble down : present tense I/you/we/they tumble down he/she/it tumbles down present participle tumbling down past tense tumbled down past participle tumbled down 1) same as tumble I, 2) The scaffolding… … English dictionary
tumble down — PHRASAL VERB If a building tumbles down, it collapses or parts of it fall off, usually because it is old and no one has taken care of it. [V P] The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind... [V P] If the foundations are flawed… … English dictionary
tumble-down — adjective in deplorable condition a street of bedraggled tenements a broken down fence a ramshackle old pier a tumble down shack • Syn: ↑bedraggled, ↑broken down, ↑derelict, ↑d … Useful english dictionary
tumble-down — /tum beuhl down /, adj. dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble down shack. [1810 20] * * * … Universalium
tumble down — phr verb Tumble down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑slope … Collocations dictionary
tumble-down — tum′ble down adj. dilapidated; ruined; run down • Etymology: 1810–20 … From formal English to slang
tumble down — verb topple, collapse Williams has said, in the days following his firing by NPR, that a lot of his assumptions came tumbling down he was a Liberal because he thought that Liberals were tolerant, open minded folk. See Also: tumbledown … Wiktionary
tumble-down — adj dilapidated, ramshackle, ruined, in ruins, broken down, gone to wrack and ruin; in disrepair, rundown, Sl. sleazy; fallen to pieces, crumbled, crumbling, ready to fall; decrepit, tottering, unstable, shaky; untrustworthy, insecure, unsafe … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
tumble-down — ramshackle, fall to the ground … English contemporary dictionary
tumble-down — a. Tottering, ready to fall, dilapidated … New dictionary of synonyms
