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fall heir to something

1. Lit. to inherit something; to end up with certain possessions of someone who has died. I fell heir to all my grandmother's old photographs.

2. Fig. to end up with having to take care of something that no one else wants; to be placed in charge of something unexpectedly. Bob fell heir to the Wilson project and has to complete what Jane failed to do.

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You could just fall heir to a good week on a good beat if you are in the right place at the right time. CATCH A BARGAIN by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) On Alan's death many expected that his beloved National Trust for Scotland - of which he was a vice-president - would fall heir to the Roger estate and the house contents. Amazing fortune of the man they called Bunny by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) With so many people going abroad or contemplating it, you could just fall heir to a good week on a good beat if you are in the right place at the right time. ANGLING PAGE: Be ahead of the game next year by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			fall asleep fall at fall away fall away toward fall back fall back on fall below fall beneath fall between fall between two stools fall by fall by the wayside fall down fall down on fall down on the job fall flat fall flat on face fall for fall for hook, line and sinker fall foul of fall from fall from grace fall from power fall head over heels fall head over heels in love fall heir to fall ill fall in fall in a heap fall in line fall in love fall in on fall in place fall in with fall into a trap fall into clutches fall into decay fall into disfavor fall into disgrace fall into disuse fall into hands fall into lap fall into line fall into place fall into the trap of fall into the wrong hands fall off fall off off the radar fall off perch fall off the map fall off the wagon			fall for fall for fall for fall for fall for hook, line and sinker Fall forward fall foul fall foul fall foul fall foul fall foul of fall foul of fall from fall from grace fall from grace fall from grace fall from grace fall from grace fall from grace Fall from height Fall from height Fall from height Fall from Paradise fall from power fall from repute Fall Gelb fall guy fall guys fall head over heels fall head over heels in love fall heir to Fall herring fall ill fall ill fall in fall in fall in fall in fall in fall in a heap fall in line fall in line fall in line fall in line fall in line fall in love fall in love fall in love fall in on fall in place fall in the drink fall in with fall in with fall in with fall in with fall in with fall into fall into fall into a trap fall into clutches fall into decay

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