fall down on
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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
Chen said that despite a “really easy” pregnancy with De Niro’s seventh child, “everything was starting to just fall down on itself” after her C-section delivery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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
“If we ever get pushed into a corner to that point where we’re making a judgment about fairness or inclusion, I will always fall down on the side of fairness,” Coe said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Real slow, I open her closet and just like I thought, forty-five things fall down on my head.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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