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Definition 2025
fall_over
fall over
English
Verb
fall over (third-person singular simple present falls over, present participle falling over, simple past fell over, past participle fallen over)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of an argument, to fail to be valid.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, informal, computing) Of a computer program or system, to crash.
Synonyms
- (fall to a horizontal position): topple
Translations
Derived terms
- fall over backward, fall over backwards
- fall over oneself
- fall over one's feet