fall in a heap

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fall in a heap (Australian informal)

to lose control of your feelings and start to cry The case collapsed when the main witness fell in a heap and was escorted from the court.

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Some 10,000 home fans at the Motera stadium, who had hoped to see batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar start a third decade in Test cricket with a bang, were stunned to see wickets fall in a heap. Sri Lanka send India reeling in first Test by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) Some 10,000 home fans at the Motera stadium, who had hoped to see batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar celebrate his third decade in Test cricket with a bang, were stunned to see wickets fall in a heap. Dravid, Yuvraj prop India after Welegedara strikes by AFP / AFP Global Edition Some 10,000 home fans at the Motera stadium, who had hoped to see batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar celebrate his third decade in Test cricket with a bang, were stunned to see wickets fall in a heap. Dravid, Yuvraj prop India after Welegedara strikes by AFP / AFP South Asian Edition			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 on fall on deaf ears fall on face			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 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 fall into decay fall into disfavor fall into disgrace fall into disuse fall into error fall into hands fall into lap fall into lap fall into lap

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