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n.
fall
1) a sharp; sheer; sudden ~
2) a ~ in (a sharp ~ in the interest rate)
depository
3) a mail ~
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v.
1) ( A ; used without to ) ('to write') ~ me a line when you get there
2) ( d ; intr. ) ('to lag') to ~ behind (he ~ped behind the other runners)
3) ( D ; intr. , tr. ) ('to fall; to let fall') to ~ from (the book ~ped from her hand; his name was ~ped from the list)
4) ( d ; intr. , tr. ) ('to fall; to let fall') to ~ into (the stone ~ped into the water; I ~ped a coin into the slot)
5) ( D ; tr. ) ('to let fall') to ~ on, to (she ~ped a book on the floor)
6) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ out of ('to abandon') (to ~ of school)
7) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ out of ('to disappear') (to ~ out of sight)
8) ( D ; intr. ) ('to fall') to ~ to (prices ~ped to the lowest point in a year; everyone ~ped to the ground)
9) ( misc. ) to ~ dead