FALL DOWN Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

fall down

verb

Definition of fall down

as in to go under

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Recent Examples of fall down This amount should be small enough to easily fall down to the soil. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 July 2026 Davis died in 1990 after a fall down stairs while under the influence of alcohol. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 His health problems resembled a fall down a long flight of stairs, with pauses at several landings. — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 In that contest, Rafael Fiziev looks to stop his fall down the 155-pound rankings against the climbing Manuel Torres. — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall down

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The group will be responsible for offering more care — and more kinds of it — as hospitals go under, Judge said.

— Daniel Payne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
The first is the construction of the data center building, and the second is the compute servers and networking equipment that go under the roof.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

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But then Anton brings up the idea of Talia and Brooke using him as their sperm donor and Talia fully cracks up.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Even professional designers have had to learn the hard way that some types of furniture pieces aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.

— Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026

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