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fall below

fall below verb: to go under a marker or limit; to be reduced beyond a certain amount.

Verb

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

  1. To go under a marker or limit; to be reduced beyond a certain amount.
    • The temperature may/can fall below freezing at this time of year.

Forms of fall below

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

Questions about fall below

What does fall below mean?
Fall below means to go under a marker or limit; to be reduced beyond a certain amount.
What part of speech is fall below?
Fall below is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall below?
The past tense of fall below is fell below.

Words near fall below in the dictionary

  1. fall back
  2. fall back into
  3. fall back on
  4. fall back upon
  5. fall behind
  6. fall below
  7. fall between the cracks
  8. fall between two stools
  9. fall break
  10. fall by
  11. fall by the wayside

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