Antonyms for falls down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔl |
Definition of falls down
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 stumble : verb slip, stagger
- As in botch : verb blunder
- As in call : verb visit at residence or business
- As in gum up : verb botch
- As in louse up : verb botch
- As in collapse : verb fall apart, break down
- As in droop : verb hang down; languish
- As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark
- As in implode : verb collapse inward
- Throw it up, and p. 316when it falls down ask me which side is under.
- Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
- Dravot he shoots above their heads, and they all falls down flat.
- Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Orient » by Various
- So he comes up to the old man like this, and falls down at his feet!
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- John is so overwhelmed that he falls down to worship this one.
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation » by S. D. Gordon
- The balloon beat the ground with its head, like a kite when it falls down.
- Extract from : « Up in the Clouds » by R.M. Ballantyne
- He takes hold of it, surveys it quickly, and falls down before him.
- Extract from : « The Robbers » by Friedrich Schiller
- Finally he falls down, and the deity is supposed to have left him.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- He bites, he growls, he scratches and he howls, he falls down as if he were dead.
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, v. 27 » by Various
- Has epileptic convulsions, in which he falls down, and is frequently wounded.
- Extract from : « The Criminal » by Havelock Ellis
- Don Juan falls down lifeless and sinks below with the statue.
- Extract from : « Life Of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Otto Jahn
Synonyms for falls down
- ball up
- belly up
- bend
- blow
- blunder
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix
- boot
- break
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- careen
- cast about
- cave in
- come apart at the seams
- come by
- come over
- conk out
- crack up
- crash
- crumple
- dangle
- decline
- deflate
- depress
- diminish
- disintegrate
- distort
- droop
- drop
- drop by
- drop in
- drop the ball
- err
- exhaust
- fade
- fail
- faint
- fall
- fall by
- fall down
- fall in
- falter
- flag
- flake out
- flop
- flounder
- flub
- flummox
- fold
- fold up
- foul up
- founder
- fumble
- give
- give in
- give out
- give way
- go
- go at backwards
- go to pieces
- goof up
- grope
- gum up
- hesitate
- hit
- keel over
- labor
- languish
- lean
- let down
- limp
- loll
- look in on
- look up
- lop
- lose balance
- louse up
- lumber
- lurch
- make a mess of
- make a muck of
- mar
- mend
- mess
- mess up
- misapply
- miscalculate
- miscompute
- misconjectu
- misconjecture
- misconstrue
- mishandle
- misjudge
- mismanage
- miss one's cue
- muck up
- muddle
- muff
- mutilate
- patch
- pitch
- play
- plunge
- pop in
- pratfall
- pull a boner
- reel
- ruin
- run in
- sag
- screw up
- see
- settle
- shatter
- shuffle
- sink
- sling
- slip up
- slouch
- slump
- snafu
- spoil
- stammer
- stop by
- stop in
- strive
- stub one's toe
- stumble
- subside
- succumb
- suspend
- swing
- swing by
- thrash
- tilt
- tire
- toil
- topple
- toss
- totter
- travail
- trip
- trip up
- tumble
- wallow
- waver
- weaken
- weary
- wilt
- wither
- wobble
- work at
- wreck
- yield
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