Collocations for "falling"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "falling" in context.
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fall
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- fall into a [hole, ditch, well]
- fell off [the bike, his motorbike]
- fell off the end of
- fell down the [stairs, steps]
- fell off a [cliff, wall]
- the [top, leg, cover] fell off
- fall over the [bump, root]
- [the lamp, the chair, she] fell over
- it (all) fell into place
- fall into [line, position, place]
- fell in with [the pack, the wrong crowd]
- fall through the [floor, roof, ice, air]
- [the sale, our vacation plans, his project] fell through
- it fell [from, out of] the sky
- the [land, sound] fell away
- fell to pieces
- it fell to me to [tell, explain, give]
- [night, dusk] fell
- the [government, nation, regime] fell
- fall (fast) asleep
- fall in love with him
- fell head over heels (for her)
- fell [head over heels, hopelessly] in love (with)
- really fell for her
- fell for [it, the trick]
- fall at your feet
- the [lumberjack, storm] felled [the tree, a spruce, power lines]
- a [dangerous, fatal, big, scary] fall
- [took, had] a [big] fall [today]
- has [cuts, bruises, scars] from the fall
- broke his [hip, leg] in a fall
- broke her [hip] from a fall
- broke his fall with his [arm, hand, butt]
- the [grass, snow, couch] broke his fall
- a fall on the [ice, cement, kitchen floor, stairs]
- is a long fall to the [bottom, ground]
- is a long fall off the [edge, bridge, top floor]
- a sharp fall in [prices, values, unemployment]
- US: a [warm, cold] fall
- US: fall is my favorite season
- US: go out in the fall
- US: summer is changing to fall
- US: the first day of fall
- US: in the fall of [2005]
- the fall of the [leader, government, empire]
- his fall from [power, grace, glory]
- [Niagara, Iguazú] Falls
- the (gentle) rise and fall of
- was [just, used as] a fall guy
'falling' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
America
- acorn
- aggregate
- air
- asleep
- building
- chandelier
- clump
- coconut
- crippled
- curtain
- debris
- demand
- die
- dismay
- domestic
- drown
- drunk
- dusk
- easy
- flake
- hedge
- hip
- house
- hurt
- log
- look
- love
- mat
- night
- number
- peg
- petty
- pier
- plaster
- pretty
- rise
- save
- scar
- sea
- sharply
- sheet
- shore
- slate
- stair
- staircase
- wall