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fallsnounpl. of fall a fall of water usually from a great heighttourists were shocked to see a man jump into the water and go over the falls fallsverbpresent tense third-person singular of fallto go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarilybetter sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice slips, stumbles, topples, trips, tumbles collapses, crumples, drops, flumps, keels, plops, plunks(or plonks), slumps (over)crashes, free-falls, nose-dives, plummets, plunges, precipitates, wipes outskids, slides gets up, rises, stands (up), uprises to yield to the control or power of enemy forcesthe city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment capitulates, gives up, knuckles under, submits, succumbs, surrenders bows, buckles, caves (in), collapses, gives (in)hands over, relinquisheslosesconcedes, fails, folds endures, stands bucks, defies, fights, opposes, repels, resists, withstandsbeats, overcomes, winsconquers, prevails, triumphs to go to a lower level especially abruptlyword soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock crashes, craters, declines, descends, dips, dives, drops, lowers, nose-dives, plummets, plunges, sinks, skids, tumbles abates, decreases, de-escalates, dies (down), diminishes, droops, dwindles, ebbs, lessens, lets up, moderates, subsides, tapers off, wanesrecedes, retreats arises, ascends, lifts, mounts, rises, soars, spikes, ups accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons(also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mushrooms, picks up, snowballs, swells, waxes to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallymanufacturing in the area is falling, and closing signs are going up all over abates, declines, decreases, de-escalates, dies (away or down or out), diminishes, drains (away), drops (off), dwindles, eases, ebbs, falls away, lessens, lets up, lowers, moderates, palls, phases down, ratchets (down)also rachets (down), recedes, relents, remits, shrinks, subsides, tapers, tapers off, wanes compresses, condenses, constricts, contractsevaporates, fades (away), fritters (away), gives out, melts (away), peters (out), tails (off), vanishesslackens, slows (down)alleviates, relaxesflags, sinks, weakenscaves (in), collapses, deflates accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons(also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mounts, mushrooms, picks up, rises, snowballs, soars, swells, waxes appears, emerges, shows upblows up, distends, elongates, lengthens to lead or extend downwardthe lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful declines, descends, dips, drops, plunges, sinks angles, cants, cocks, heels, inclines, leans, lists, reclines, slants, slopes, tilts, tips arises, ascends, climbs, mounts, rises, uprises, upsweeps, upturns evens, flattens, levels, planes, smooths(also smoothes), straightens to undergo defeatnot surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent bows out, loses falterstanks, throwsforfeitsbombs, collapses, cracks (up), fails, flops, flunks, folds, founders, misses, strikes out, washes out takes the count conquers, prevails, triumphs, wins flourishes, prospers, succeeds, thrives to commit an offenseeven saints can fall errs, offends, sins, strays, transgresses, trespasses, wanders breaches, breaks, infringes, violatesbackslides, lapsesmesses up breaks the law, falls from grace forgives, justifies, pardonsregrets, repents, rues to stop livingif their brave leader falls, the men will lose their courage checks out, conks (out), croaks(slang), deceases, demises, departs, dies, drops, ends, exits, expires, flatlines, goes, kicks in(slang), kicks off(slang), parts, passes away, passes (on), pegs out(chiefly British), perishes, pops off, steps out, succumbs predeceasesconsumes, disappears, dries up, fades, fails bites the dust, buys it(or buys the farm), gives up the ghost, kicks the bucket, snuffs it(British) breathes, lives comes to, reviveslingersexists, is, subsistsflourishes, prospers, thrives |