verb
lose an upright position suddenly
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The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table
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Her hair fell across her forehead
• Syn: ↑fall
• Hypernyms: ↑change posture
• Verb Group: ↑fall
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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be shown to be inadequate or false; fail
the deal fell down partly because there were a lot of unanswered questions
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ˌfall ˈdown derived
to be shown to be not true or not good enough
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And that's where the theory falls down.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.