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All fall synonyms

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verb fall

  • reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
  • come down — If the cost, level, or amount of something comes down, it becomes less than it was before.
  • happen — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
  • keel over — Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
  • fold up — a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
  • hit the dirt — to drop to the ground
  • nose-dive — a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
  • tip over — to cause to assume a slanting or sloping position; incline; tilt.
  • back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
  • give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • eat dirt — any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
  • give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
  • come about — When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened.
  • come to pass — to take place

general fall

  • whacked — exhausted; tired out.
  • clonk — to make a loud dull thud
  • thunk — an abrupt, dull sound: the thunk of a shutting window.
  • whacking — large.

adjective fall

  • autumnal — Autumnal means having features that are characteristic of autumn.
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