v. |
[1] |
descend
,
sink
,
subside
,
settle
,
drop/come (down)
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
dive
,
(take a) nosedive
,
cascade
|
[2] |
tumble
,
trip
,
stumble
,
slump
,
collapse
,
keel over
,
topple
,
crumple
|
[3] |
diminish
,
(become) lower
,
sink
,
decline
,
fall/drop off
,
drop
,
decrease
,
dwindle
,
subside
,
come/go down
|
[4] |
slope
,
fall away
,
decline
|
[5] |
succumb
,
surrender
,
yield
,
give up/in
,
capitulate
,
be defeated/conquered
,
be captured
,
be taken (captive/prisoner)
,
be overthrown
,
come/go to ruin
,
be destroyed
,
be lost
|
[6] |
die
,
perish
,
drop dead
,
be slain/killed
|
[7] |
fall apart
,
disintegrate
,
crumble
,
collapse
,
fall/come/go to pieces
,
break up
,
be destroyed
,
break apart
,
fragment
,
shatter
|
[8] |
fall back
,
retreat
,
retire
,
withdraw
,
draw back
,
recede
|
[9] |
fall back on/upon
,
have recourse to
,
rely/depend on/upon
,
return to
,
count on/upon
,
resort to
,
call on/upon
,
make use of
,
use
,
employ
|
[10] |
fall behind
,
drop back
,
trail
,
lag
,
be in arrears
|
[11] |
fall down
,
collapse
,
dropfail
,
be (found) wanting/lacking
,
be unsuccessful
,
be/prove inadequate/disappointing
|
[12] |
fall flat
,
collapse
,
fail
,
(Colloq) flop
,
(US) bomb (out)
,
lay an egg
,
go over like a lead balloon
|
[13] |
fall for
,
fall in love with
,
be infatuated withbe fooled/duped/taken in/deceived by
,
accept
,
swallow
,
succumb to
,
(Slang) be a sucker for
,
(US/Canadian) be a patsy for
|
[14] |
fall in
,
descend
,
go down
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come down
,
sink inwards
|
[15] |
fall in with
,
join
,
associate with
,
become associated/allied with
,
befriend
,
cooperate with
,
go along with
,
concur with
,
support
,
accept
|
[16] |
fall off
,
come
,
diminish
,
decrease
,
decline
,
deteriorate
|
[17] |
fall on/upon
,
precipitate
,
come down
,
attack
,
assault
,
assail
,
set upon
|
[18] |
fall out
,
disagree
,
differ
,
quarrel
,
clash
,
squabble
,
wrangle
,
dispute
,
fight
|
[19] |
fall short
,
prove/(turn out to) be inadequate/insufficient/deficient/lacking/wanting/disappointing
,
miss
,
fail
,
disappoint
|
[20] |
fall through
,
shine
,
strike
,
fail
,
come to nothing/naught
,
miscarry
,
die
,
(Colloq) fizzle (out)
,
flop
|
[21] |
fall to
,
start
,
begin
,
commence
,
set/go about
,
get under way
,
undertake
,
tackle
,
take on
,
get moving
,
attack
,
(Colloq) get the show on the road
,
get cracking
,
(US) get a wiggle on
,
move it
|
[22] |
decrease
,
diminish
,
lessen
|
[23] |
accrue
|
[24] |
light
|
[25] |
return
,
pass
,
devolve
|
[26] |
fall down
|
[27] |
hang
,
flow
|
[28] |
descend
,
settle
|
|
n. |
[1] |
autumn
|
[2] |
spill
,
tumble
|
[3] |
descent
,
declivity
,
decline
,
declination
,
declension
,
downslope
|
[4] |
downfall
|
[5] |
capitulation
,
surrender
|
[6] |
twilight
,
dusk
,
gloaming
,
gloam
,
nightfall
,
evenfall
,
crepuscule
,
crepuscle
|
[7] |
pin
|
[8] |
drop
|
[9] |
drop
,
dip
,
free fall
|
[10] |
drop
,
descent
,
dive
,
nosedive
,
plunge
,
tumble
,
dropping
,
falling
|
[11] |
(Mainly US/Canadian) autumn
|
[12] |
decline
,
decay
,
collapse
,
downfall
,
failure
,
destruction
,
ruin
,
failure
,
deterioration
,
eclipse
|
[13] |
falls
,
cascade
,
cataract
,
waterfall
,
rapids
|
[14] |
depreciation
,
sinking
,
diminution
,
decrease
,
decline
,
lapse
,
downturn
,
down-swing
,
drop
,
drop-off
,
lowering
,
abatement
,
slump
,
collapse
|
[15] |
slope
,
declivity
,
descent
,
decline
,
drop
,
downhill
,
(Mainly US/Canadian) downgrade
|
[16] |
surrender
,
capitulation
,
submission
,
taking
,
seizure
,
capture
,
overthrow
,
defeat
,
conquest
,
downfall
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