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fall over

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fall over, go oververb

    fall forward and down

    "The old woman went over without a sound"

Wiktionary

  1. fall oververb

    To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.

  2. fall oververb

    Of an argument, to fail to be valid.

  3. fall oververb

    Of a computer program or system, to crash.

ChatGPT

  1. fall over

    To fall over means to lose one's balance and collapse or tumble unintentionally onto the ground or surface. This can be as a result of tripping, slipping or being knocked over by someone or something. It can also refer to a particular item or object tipping or being knocked over from its upright position.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. fall over

    [IBM] Yet another synonym for crash or lose. ‘Fall over hard’ equates to crash and burn.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall over in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of fall over in a Sentence

  1. Capital Economics:

    [China’s] exports have already reversed much of their pandemic-era boom, but a looming global recession means they probably have further to fall over the next few quarters.

  2. Blake Pollack:

    There must've been 200 people there to welcome him, i though he was going to fall over.

  3. Alexander Ludwig:

    By the end Clive and I were just shaking, we were so tired, the shower afterwards was the most incredible Zen feeling in the world. I just sat down and let the water fall over me.

  4. Holger Krag:

    Owing to the geometry of the station’s orbit, we can already exclude the possibility that any fragments will fall over any spot further north than 43N or further south than 43S.

  5. Gail Rutherford:

    I’ve seen so many people fall over that rocky path that was there to begin with, it’s a huge improvement over what was there.


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