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escape the bear and fall to the lionTo avoid a problem or inconvenience only to exchange it for an even worse misfortune afterwardsRate it:

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fall forbe deceived byRate it:

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fall intoWithout having planned it.Rate it:

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fall into the wrong handsTo become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.Rate it:

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fall offTo become detached or to drop from.Rate it:

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fall off a truckOf an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally.Rate it:

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fall over oneselfTo be unusually enthusiastic.Rate it:

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fall to piecesTo feel emotionally devastated; to break down.Rate it:

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fall underTo belong to for purposes of categorization.Rate it:

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you'll shit and fall in itUsed as a response to someone's plan of action. basically assuring them you won't let them and it could result in a physical altercation.Rate it:

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fall onTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.Rate it:

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fall downTo fall to the ground.Rate it:

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fall throughTo be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.Rate it:

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fall awayTo cease to support a person or cause.Rate it:

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fall behindTo be progressively below average in performance.Rate it:

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fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the stemAlternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the treeA child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient Rate it:

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fall apartTo break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state.Rate it:

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fall backTo retreat.Rate it:

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fall forTo fall in love with somebody.Rate it:

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fall inTo collapse inwards.Rate it:

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fall in withTo join a group of people.Rate it:

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fall in withTo accept a set of generally agreed rules, or a suggestion.Rate it:

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fall intoTo go into something by falling.Rate it:

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fall overTo fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.Rate it:

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fall overOf an argument, to fail to be valid.Rate it:

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fall victimto suffer as a result of external circumstances or someone else's actionsRate it:

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fall apartTo be emotionally in crisis.Rate it:

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fall offA hip hop term; to completely lose the plot in terms of artistic direction.Rate it:

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fall uponTo fall on; to experience; to suffer.Rate it:

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fall by the waysideTo fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out.Rate it:

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fall from graceTo fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.Rate it:

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fall from graceTo lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings.Rate it:

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fall offTo diminish in size or value.Rate it:

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fall overOf a computer program, to crash.Rate it:

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fall togetherTo contract.Rate it:

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fall intoTo be classified as; to fall under.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the trunkAlternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.Rate it:

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auf keinen Fallunder no circumstancesRate it:

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everything seemed to fall right into place.after all that effort, it seemed to be made in the shadeRate it:

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fall aboard ofTo strike.Rate it:

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fall aboutlaugh uncontrollablyRate it:

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fall about the placeto laugh uncontrollablyRate it:

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fall aroundto fall over continuouslyRate it:

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fall at the last hurdleTo fail near the end of something.Rate it:

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fall back onTo turn to as a substitute.Rate it:

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fall back uponTo fall back on.Rate it:

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fall belowTo go under a marker or limit; to be reduced beyond a certain amount.Rate it:

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fall between the cracksTo wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.Rate it:

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