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fall on one's feet

fall on one's feet is the alternative form of land on one's feet.

Meaning of land on one's feet

Verb

land on one's feet (third-person singular simple present lands on one's feet, present participle landing on one's feet, simple past and past participle landed on one's feet)

  1. (idiomatic) To be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations.

Forms of fall on one's feet

third-person singular presentfalls on one's feet
present participlefalling on one's feet
pastfell on one's feet
past participlefallen on one's feet

Questions about fall on one's feet

What is fall on one's feet the alternative form of?
Fall on one's feet is the alternative form of land on one's feet.

Words near fall on one's feet in the dictionary

  1. fall on
  2. fall on a grenade
  3. fall on deaf ears
  4. fall on hard times
  5. fall on one's face
  6. fall on one's feet
  7. fall on one's sword
  8. fall on someone's neck
  9. fall on stony ground
  10. fall out
  11. fall out of favor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fall on one's feet (page history and authors); land on one's feet (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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