FALL ON / UPON SB/STH


Meaning of FALL ON / UPON SB/STH in English

[ no passive ] ( especially BrE )

1.

to attack or take hold of sb/sth with a lot of energy and enthusiasm :

They fell on him with sticks.

The children fell on the food and ate it greedily.

2.

to be the responsibility of sb :

The full cost of the wedding fell on us.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.