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fall over
verb
- to lose one's balance and collapse to the ground
- to fall from an upright position
the vase fell over
- fall over oneselfto do everything within one's power
he fell over himself to be as helpful as possible
Idioms and Phrases
see under fall all over oneself .Example Sentences
"When Philip was dying, Elizabeth went to visit him in hospital in Florida and the nurse on the ward said she nearly fell over when she saw who the visitor was," said Angela.
"A chill fell over the house," he tells us.
Sally Themans from Love Bridgnorth said: "If a local community doesn't want to see its high street fall over it needs to get out there and spend that money locally."
The number of claimants moving into work each month has also fallen over the past two years.
Friday’s high was expected to reach 66 degrees, before falling over the weekend.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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