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fall to

fall to verb: to enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.

Verb

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

  1. (dated, intransitive) To enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.
    • Titus: Come, let's fall to; and, gentle girl, eat this.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • In the middle of it, in front of the little public house, stood, all that day and the next, a group of men and women, for no five minutes in its component parts the same, but, like a cloud, ever slow dissolving, and as continuously reforming, some dropping away, others falling to.1877, George MacDonald, chapter 54, in The Marquis of Lossie
  2. (dated, transitive) To succumb to (a prank or trick); to fall for (something).
    Synonyms:
    dig in, go for it

Synonyms of fall to

Forms of fall to

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

Questions about fall to

What does fall to mean?
Fall to means to enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.
What part of speech is fall to?
Fall to is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall to?
The past tense of fall to is fell to.

Words near fall to in the dictionary

  1. fall suppers
  2. fall through
  3. fall through the cracks
  4. fall time
  5. fall times
  6. fall to
  7. fall to bits
  8. fall to one's knees
  9. fall to pieces
  10. fall to someone's lot
  11. fall to the ground

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