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fall (up)on someone or something

1. to collapse on top of someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) The bridge fell upon a boat passing beneath it. A small branch fell on Jerry as he passed beneath the tree.

2. to attack someone or something. The cat fell upon the mouse and killed it. The children fell on the birthday cake and ate it all.

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The following relation is so curious and entertaining, and the dissertations that accompany it so judicious and instructive, that the translator is confident his attempt stands in need of no apology, whatever censures may fall on the performance. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context The projectile, its situation, its direction, incidents which might happen, the precautions necessitated by their fall on to the moon, were inexhaustible matters of conjecture. Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context Not a fish can leap or an insect fall on the pond but it is thus reported in circling dimples, in lines of beauty, as it were the constant welling up of its fountain, the gentle pulsing of its life, the heaving of its breast. Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context			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 on hard times fall on knees fall on stony ground fall on sword fall out fall out of bed fall out of favor fall out of love fall out with fall outside fall over fall over backwards fall over oneself fall overboard fall prey to fall short fall short of fall short of goal fall through fall through the cracks fall through the floor fall to fall to pieces			Fall of man (Unification Church) Fall of man (Unification Church) Fall of Myth Drannor Fall Of Shot Fall of the Bastille Fall of the Berlin Wall Fall of the Human Race Fall of the Julio-Claudian Fall of the Machines Fall of the Ming Dynasty Fall of the Ming Dynasty Fall of the Sith Empire Fall of the yers Fall of the yers Fall of Troy Fall of Wickets fall off fall off fall off fall off fall off Fall Off Chair fall off of the back a lorry fall off of the back a lorry fall off off the radar fall off perch Fall off the Bone fall off the face of the earth fall off the map fall off the wagon fall on fall on deaf ears fall on deaf ears fall on deaf ears fall on deaf ears fall on deaf ears fall on face fall on feet fall on feet fall on feet fall on feet fall on feet fall on hard times fall on knees Fall on Outstretched Hand fall on someone's shoulders fall on stony ground fall on sword Fall On The Floor Laughing fall open fall out fall out fall out fall out fall out fall out Fall Out (The Police) Fall Out (The Police) Fall Out Boy Fall out of bed Fall out of bed

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