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Antonyms for falls upon


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawl
Phonetic Transcription : fɔl



Definition of falls upon

Origin :
  • present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.
  • As in lunge : verb pounce, dive for
  • As in pounce : verb leap at; take by surprise
  • As in raid : verb attack, pillage
  • As in strike : verb devastate, affect
  • As in stumble : verb happen upon
  • As in beset : verb plague; hem in
  • As in come at : verb attack
Example sentences :
  • Methinks she will fade into the moonlight, which falls upon her through the window.
  • Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • When that falls upon your ears, you will make haste to turn off into the wood.
  • Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
  • The animal then falls upon his side, and the blood is let out by the neck.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • He discovers who I am, he falls upon me with the soldiers, and good-bye to Caballuco.
  • Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
  • We can in no way change the amount of rain that falls upon any part of the earth.
  • Extract from : « Conservation Reader » by Harold W. Fairbanks
  • And will not this be so when the profoundest sleep of all falls upon the body?
  • Extract from : « The Life of the Waiting Soul » by R. E. Sanderson
  • The light of the moon, across which a cloud is passing, falls upon him.
  • Extract from : « The Temptation of St. Antony » by Gustave Flaubert
  • It is the shadow of history that falls upon the disc, not history itself.
  • Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various
  • Its first steps are so infirm that at every movement it falls upon its knees.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
  • The refraction of the light that falls upon the surface of the pearl.
  • Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous

Synonyms for falls upon

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