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  • 21fall on — phrasal verb fall on or fall upon [transitive] Word forms fall on : present tense I/you/we/they fall on he/she/it falls on present participle falling on past tense fell on past participle fallen on 1) mainly literary fall on something to start… …

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  • 22fall on — or[fall upon] {v.} 1. To go and fight with; attack. * /The robbers fell on him from behind trees./ 2. {formal} To meet (troubles). * /The famous poet fell upon unhappy days./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 23fall on — or[fall upon] {v.} 1. To go and fight with; attack. * /The robbers fell on him from behind trees./ 2. {formal} To meet (troubles). * /The famous poet fell upon unhappy days./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 24fall on — or fall upon phrasal to meet with < fell on hard times > …

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  • 25fall on — verb To experience; to suffer; to fall upon. With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times …

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  • 26fall on/upon — [phrasal verb] 1 fall on/upon (something) 1 a : to begin to experience (something) : to meet with (an experience) We fell on hard times after I lost my job. The company fell upon some unexpected competition. 1 b …

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  • 27fall\ back\ upon — • fall back on • fall back upon v 1. To retreat to. The enemy made a strong attack, and the soldiers fell back on the fort. 2. To go for help to; turn to in time of need. When the big bills for Mother s hospital care came, Joe was glad he had&#8230; …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 28Fall River granite — is a Precambrian bedrock underlying the City of Fall River, Massachusetts and surrounding areas along the eastern shores of Narragansett Bay. It was formed 600 million years ago, as part of the Avalon terrane. [Roadside Geology of Massachusetts,&#8230; …

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  • 29Fall River — • A suffragan see of the Province of Boston; comprises the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, with the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett and Wareham in Plymouth county, Massachusetts Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fall …

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  • 30Fall — Fall, v. t. 1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.] [1913&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English