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fall over one's feet

fall over one's feet verb: to hasten.

Verb

fall over one's feet (third-person singular simple present falls over one's feet, present participle falling over one's feet, simple past fell over one's feet, past participle fallen over one's feet)

  1. To hasten.
    • a. 1998, Diana Wynne Jones, "The Master", in her own Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories, HarperCollins, →ISBN (2003), page 55,
      "Show me the rest of the house," I said, to distract him. He fell over his feet to oblige.
    • Supposing there is a scrap—wouldn't she wade right in, trying to help us, and wouldn't you fall over your own feet trying so get her out of it?2001, Elizabeth Peters, He Shall Thunder in the Sky, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 261

Forms of fall over one's feet

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

Origin of fall over one's feet

From the phrase fall over one's feet, meaning stumble.

Questions about fall over one's feet

What does fall over one's feet mean?
Fall over one's feet means to hasten.
What part of speech is fall over one's feet?
Fall over one's feet is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall over one's feet?
The past tense of fall over one's feet is fell over one's feet.

Words near fall over one's feet in the dictionary

  1. fall out of love
  2. fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch
  3. fall out upon
  4. fall outs
  5. fall over
  6. fall over one's feet
  7. fall over oneself
  8. fall plate
  9. fall plates
  10. fall pray
  11. fall pregnant

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