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fall around

fall around verb: to fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.

Verb

fall around (third-person singular simple present falls around, present participle falling around, simple past fell around, past participle fallen around)

  1. (idiomatic) To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.
    • falling around the place

Forms of fall around

third-person singular presentfalls around
present participlefalling around
pastfell around
past participlefallen around

Questions about fall around

What does fall around mean?
Fall around means to fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.
What part of speech is fall around?
Fall around is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall around?
The past tense of fall around is fell around.

Words near fall around in the dictionary

  1. fall about the place
  2. fall among
  3. fall apart
  4. fall armyworm
  5. fall armyworms
  6. fall around
  7. fall asleep
  8. fall asleep in the Lord
  9. Fall aster
  10. Fall asters
  11. fall at the final hurdle

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