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fell

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɛl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fɛl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fel)

From the verb fall: (⇒ conjugate)
fell is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
v past

Collocations for "fell"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fell" in context.

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fall

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. fall into a [hole, ditch, well]
  2. fell off [the bike, his motorbike]
  3. fell off the end of
  4. fell down the [stairs, steps]
  5. fell off a [cliff, wall]
  6. the [top, leg, cover] fell off
  7. fall over the [bump, root]
  8. [the lamp, the chair, she] fell over
  9. it (all) fell into place
  10. fall into [line, position, place]
  11. fell in with [the pack, the wrong crowd]
  12. fall through the [floor, roof, ice, air]
  13. [the sale, our vacation plans, his project] fell through
  14. it fell [from, out of] the sky
  15. the [land, sound] fell away
  16. fell to pieces
  17. it fell to me to [tell, explain, give]
  18. [night, dusk] fell
  19. the [government, nation, regime] fell
  20. fall (fast) asleep
  21. fall in love with him
  22. fell head over heels (for her)
  23. fell [head over heels, hopelessly] in love (with)
  24. really fell for her
  25. fell for [it, the trick]
  26. fall at your feet
  27. the [lumberjack, storm] felled [the tree, a spruce, power lines]
n
  1. a [dangerous, fatal, big, scary] fall
  2. [took, had] a [big] fall [today]
  3. has [cuts, bruises, scars] from the fall
  4. broke his [hip, leg] in a fall
  5. broke her [hip] from a fall
  6. broke his fall with his [arm, hand, butt]
  7. the [grass, snow, couch] broke his fall
  8. a fall on the [ice, cement, kitchen floor, stairs]
  9. is a long fall to the [bottom, ground]
  10. is a long fall off the [edge, bridge, top floor]
  11. a sharp fall in [prices, values, unemployment]
  12. US: a [warm, cold] fall
  13. US: fall is my favorite season
  14. US: go out in the fall
  15. US: summer is changing to fall
  16. US: the first day of fall
  17. US: in the fall of [2005]
  18. the fall of the [leader, government, empire]
  19. his fall from [power, grace, glory]
  20. [Niagara, Iguazú] Falls
  21. the (gentle) rise and fall of
n as adj
  1. was [just, used as] a fall guy
'fell' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "fell" in the title:

; but abundance fell into the river and were drowne - English Only forum
“Maybe she fell in.” - English Only forum
(fell from his broad brown brow) - English Only forum
[1] it fell in a pile on the floor.[2] it fell on the floor in a pile. - English Only forum
[next winter’s] tempests would be sure to fell one or both to earth - English Only forum
[The] four Americans[,] who had returned from the island[,] fell ill. - English Only forum
10 cm of snow fell overnight - English Only forum
476 AD was the year Rome itself fell to the Germanic tribes (IN) - English Only forum
A 49-year-old police officer in HK fell to death yesterday? - English Only forum
A button fell away from my coat, - English Only forum
A curl fell loosely across his forehead. - English Only forum
A doctor is caring for the bearded man who fell down on the ground (being) unconscious. - English Only forum
A few weeks after he had arrived, he fell in love… [subordinate clauses] - English Only forum
a field uneven with cotton-grass and bog fell away to the coast - English Only forum
a fine drizzle of rain fell - English Only forum
A hot coal fell out <of> the fire and burned the shoes. - English Only forum
A lot of people fell for by swindler. - English Only forum
a ray of sunshine fell across my various fond memories of it - English Only forum
A shower of hardened mud fell <to/on> the ground - English Only forum
A tooth fell out / was pulled out / was taken out. - English Only forum
After more than three years, I fell/have fallen in love with this city! - English Only forum
after much of the Earth's iron fell to its core - English Only forum
an issue fell to the background - English Only forum
an object fell down on the ground - English Only forum
and fell the pagans' sacred oak - English Only forum
And that's where the axe fell - English Only forum
apples just fell when / apples just had fallen when - English Only forum
as down upon the ground he fell before it - English Only forum
as it fell out, - English Only forum
As its cashflow fell - English Only forum
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