English

Verb

fall down on ‎(third-person singular simple present falls down on, present participle falling down on, simple past fell down on, past participle fallen down on)

1. To fail at or leave incomplete.
   • 2013, Robert K. DeArment, Gunfighter in Gotham: Bat Masterson's New York City Years, ISBN 0806189118, page xxxvi:

     He would rather put a dent in his bankroll than fall down on anything he started.

   • 2013, Victoria Socolova, Magickum.Prophetic dreams and lucid dreaming, ISBN 1310811113:

     Even if we involve the subcontractors in implementation, we will fall down on the job.

   • 2015, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Committee on Standards, HC 383 - The Standards System in the House of Commons, ISBN 0215081447, page 43:

     It might be that you would think in terms of the Standards Committee not only imparting a view about what standards are expected, and about what the consequences would be where people fall down on that in individual cases, but about a continuous process of engagement with Members of the House in terms of what standards are expected, to avoid having cases that illustrate it by virtue of breaches.

2. To prostrate oneself in a position that rests on
   • 2006, Iona, Fall Down and Worship Him!, ISBN 1600344607, page 35:

     I would fall down on my knees and I besought God to heal my heart and to forgive my iniquity.

3. To collapse so that the remains are on top of.
   • 2012, Robert Butler, After the Snow Began to Fall, ISBN 1300368101, page 55:

     There is a support in the middle of this passageway to make sure the ceiling doesn't fall down on us.

   • 2011, Robert S. Wilson, What Happens in Vegas: An Empire of Blood Short Story:

     Then he reached down and picked up the metal shelving from the thing and pushed it forward so it fell down on its other side with a loud crash.

4. To stumble or unintentionally descend and land on
   • 2012, Henry J. Acevedo, Super-Secret Spies, ISBN 1479738808, page 58:

     We started doing tug of war for the banana, and, eventually, the monkey yanked it out of my hands, making me fall down on my back on the ground.

   • 2012, Alice Peterson, By My Side, ISBN 1743510470, page 17:

     I am still on the training reins and often fall down on the slopes.