fall down on

Verb

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

1. To fail at or leave incomplete.
   • He would rather put a dent in his bankroll than fall down on anything he started.2013, Robert K. DeArment, Gunfighter in Gotham: Bat Masterson's New York City Years, →ISBN, page xxxvi
   • Even if we involve the subcontractors in implementation, we will fall down on the job.2013, Victoria Socolova, Magickum.Prophetic dreams and lucid dreaming, →ISBN
2. To prostrate oneself in a position that rests on
   • I would fall down on my knees and I besought God to heal my heart and to forgive my iniquity.2006, Iona, Fall Down and Worship Him!, →ISBN, page 35
3. To collapse so that the remains are on top of.
   • There is a support in the middle of this passageway to make sure the ceiling doesn't fall down on us.2012, Robert Butler, After the Snow Began to Fall, →ISBN, page 55
   • Then he reached down and picked up the metal shelving from the thing and pushed it forward so it fell down on its other side with a loud crash.2011, Robert S. Wilson, What Happens in Vegas: An Empire of Blood Short Story
4. To stumble or unintentionally descend and land on
   • We started doing tug of war for the banana, and, eventually, the monkey yanked it out of my hands, making me fall down on my back on the ground.2012, Henry J. Acevedo, Super-Secret Spies, →ISBN, page 58
   • I am still on the training reins and often fall down on the slopes.2012, Alice Peterson, By My Side, →ISBN, page 17