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n.
dropping, coming down
1) to have, take a ~
2) to break a ~
3) a bad, nasty ~ (she had a bad ~ and broke her ankle)
4) a free ~ (of a parachutist)
5) a ~ from (a ~ from a horse)
autumn
( AE )
6) an early; late ~
7) in (the) ~ (we have a lot of rain in the ~)
II
v.
1) ('to drop') to ~ flat, headlong; short
2) ( colloq. ) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to become infatuated with') (he fell for her)
3) ( D ; intr. ) ('to drop') to ~ from (to ~ from a tree; to ~ from grace)
4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to come'); ('to drop') to ~ into (to ~ into disfavor; to ~ into disrepute; to ~ into place; to ~ into a trap)
5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to be divided') to ~ into (to ~ into three categories)
6) ( D ; intr. ) ('to drop') to ~ off (to ~ off a table)
7) ( D ; intr. ) ('to drop') to ~ on (to ~ on one's back; the stress ~s on the last syllable)
8) ( d ; intr. ) ('to come') to ~ on (the holiday fell on a Monday)
9) ( d ; intr. ) ('to drop') to ~ out of (to ~ out of bed; to ~ out of favor)
10) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ over (she fell over the side of the ship)
11) ( formal ) ( d ; intr. ) ('to devolve') to ~ to (it fell to me to break the news)
12) ( D ; intr. ) ('to drop') to ~ to (he fell to his knees; the book fell to the floor)
13) ( d ; intr. ) ('to drop') ('to come') to ~ under (to ~ under a train; to ~ under smb.'s influence)
14) ( misc. ) to ~ asleep; to ~ due; to ~ foul of the law; to ~ ill; to ~ in love with smb.; to ~ in battle; to ~ silent; to ~ on hard times; to ~ to pieces; to ~ into step