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fall down

/fɔːl ˈdaʊn/US/fɔl ˈdaʊn/

fall down verb: to fall to the ground. To collapse.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse.
    • Ring a-ring o' roses, / A pocketful of posies. / A-tishoo! A-tishoo! / We all fall down. — traditional nursery rhyme (British version)
    • The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall down.
    Synonyms:
    drop, fall, collapse
  2. To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To fail; to make a mistake.
    • That is where your reasoning falls down.

fall down meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

fall down in Hindi

to fall to the ground
गिरना girnā
to collapse
ध्वंस dhvans, विध्वंस vidhvans, नाश nāś, विनाश vināś

fall down in Tamil

பறி, விழு

fall down in Telugu

to fall down, to sink down, collapse
కూలు kūlu

fall down in Malayalam

to fall to the ground
വീഴുക vīḻuka
More languagesFewer languages
fall down in Kannada
ಕಸಿ, ಕೂಲು, ಕೆಡೆ, ಕೆಡೆಬೀಳು
fall down in Punjabi
ڈھینا ḍhaiṇā
fall down in Odia
ଖସିବା khasibā, ଗଳିବା gaḷibā
fall down in Sanskrit
पतति patati
fall down in Nepali
खस्नु khasnu
fall down in Persian
زمین خوردن zamin xordan

Synonyms of fall down

Forms of fall down

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

Words formed from fall down

Questions about fall down

What does fall down mean?
Fall down means to fall to the ground. To collapse.
What is fall down in Hindi?
Fall down in Hindi is गिरना (girnā), ध्वंस (dhvans), विध्वंस (vidhvans). See Fall down meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fall down?
Fall down is a verb.
How do you pronounce fall down?
Fall down is pronounced /fɔːl ˈdaʊn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of fall down?
The past tense of fall down is fell down.

Words near fall down in the dictionary

  1. fall classic
  2. fall classics
  3. Fall Creek
  4. fall dandelion
  5. fall dandelions
  6. fall down
  7. fall down on
  8. fall due
  9. fall dwindle disease
  10. fall equinox
  11. fall equinoxes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fall down (page history and authors); fall down (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కూలు (Telugu) (page history and authors); fall down (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ڈھینا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଖସିବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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