fall down
Example Sentences
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Witless doesn’t even begin to describe celebrating those who are willing to fall down a hill for a keg of not very good beer at a wedding.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
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
“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
“Will you not fall down the steep bank? ’Tis a far distance to the bottom of the ravine, and—” He stopped suddenly, because one of the maids appeared.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
