fall down on

Example Sentences

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While employers are legally required to maintain benefit records, especially for pension and employer-sponsored life insurance, they too can fall down on the job.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

Its runner on first appeared to fall down on purpose, drawing a throw from catcher Lucas Keldorf.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Yes, I watched a guy misplay a Julio Rodriguez fly ball and almost get hit in the face and another guy fall down on the warning track and almost de-pants himself in the process.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Local governments have so many immediate concerns, like road repairs and public safety, that “climate goals will fall down on that list if you don’t find a way to close that gap for them.”

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022

‘I am so sleepy,’ he said, ‘that soon I shall fall down on the road. Are you going to sleep on your legs? It is nearly midnight.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien