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fall down

VERB
botch
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bobble bumble bungle err flub fumble miscalculate mishandle misjudge mismanage muff screw up
STRONG
blow boggle bollix boot butcher distort flounder mar mend mess misapply misconstrue muddle mutilate patch ruin spoil stumble wreck
WEAK
goof up gum up louse up mess up miscompute misconjecture muck up pull a boner
Antonyms
STRONGEST
do well succeed
STRONG
break build grow help repair
WEAK
accomplish achieve
VERB
call
Synonyms
STRONGEST
play see
STRONG
crash hit
WEAK
come by come over drop by drop in fall by look in on look up pop in run-in stop by stop in swing by
VERB
collapse
Synonyms
STRONGEST
break cave in crumple disintegrate drop fail faint founder give way shatter topple weaken
STRONG
bend deflate droop exhaust flag fold give go languish subside succumb tire weary wilt yield
WEAK
belly up conk out crack up flake out give in give out go to pieces keel over
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accomplish achieve fix mend straighten strengthen succeed
STRONG
activate create energize grow increase inflate invigorate refresh rise withhold
WEAK
build
VERB
droop
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dangle sag slouch wilt wither
STRONG
bend decline depress diminish drop fade fail faint flag lean loll lop settle sink sling slump subside suspend weaken
WEAK
let down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bloom
STRONG
ascend grow increase rise straighten up strengthen
WEAK
inflate
VERB
flounder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flop stumble wallow
STRONG
blunder bobble flummox fumble grope labor lurch muddle plunge pratfall snafu strive thrash toil toss travail tumble
WEAK
cast about come apart at the seams drop the ball foul up go at backwards go to pieces make a mess of miss one's cue screw up slip up stub one's toe trip up work at
Antonyms
STRONG
idle laze
WEAK
do well succeed
VERB
gum up
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bungle
WEAK
ball up blow blunder bobble boggle bollix boot bumble butcher distort err flounder flub foul up fumble goof up louse up make a muck of mar mend mess mess up misapply miscalculate miscompute misconjectu
VERB
implode
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cave in
STRONG
fold
WEAK
fall in fold up
VERB
louse up
Synonyms
WEAK
ball up blow blunder bobble boggle bollix boot bumble bungle butcher distort err flounder flub foul up fumble goof up gum up make a muck of mar mend mess mess up misapply miscalculate miscompute misconjecture misconstrue mishandle misjudge mismanage muck up muddle muff mutilate patch pull a boner ruin screw up spoil stumble wreck
VERB
stumble
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bumble careen fall falter flounder hesitate limp lumber lurch shuffle swing waver wobble
STRONG
blunder err muddle pitch reel stammer tilt topple totter trip wallow
WEAK
lose balance
Antonyms
STRONGEST
continue
STRONG
correct fix straighten
WEAK
lose overlook

Example Sentences

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“I’ve been married, now I’m divorced. But, if you fall down on the ice, can you imagine how many times I had to fall down and get up?”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025

“The Chair Company” allows us to see how anyone might fall down the chutes into which Robinson’s Joe Average easily slides.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

Now decades into their adult lives, many Gen Xers have accumulated other types of debt, often causing student-loan payments to fall down the priority list after credit cards and auto and personal loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

“You know, a serious-minded man like myself, I would never get caught scrolling and watching people fall down or make funny dance things. But I do love it. I have to. I’m surrounded by it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

They know on their own how to go over rocks, how not to fall down ravines, how to get out of tight spots.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan