Collocations for "tumble"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tumble" in context.
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tumble
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- tumble out of [bed, the car, the chair]
- tumble into [her arms, bed, her]
- tumble down the [stairs, cliff, hill]
- tumbled over
- tumbled over and [broke, fell]
- tumbled over [a root, each other, the edge]
- tumbled off (of) [a cliff, the edge, a bike]
- tumble down to [the ground, the bottom]
- tumble through the [air, snow]
- tumble around inside [my stomach, his bag, the car trunk]
- tumble on the [mat, floor]
- [prices, shares, values] have tumbled
- tumble from [power, the leadership]
- he was tumbled from [power]
- took a tumble down the stairs
- had a tumble on the [beam, bars]
- took a nasty tumble
- took a tumble and [cut, scratched] her knee
- that was quite a tumble!
- [performed, did] acrobatic tumbles (on the floor)
- a tumble dryer
'tumble' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):