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fall to bits

fall to bits verb: to fall apart.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To fall apart.

Forms of fall to bits

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

Questions about fall to bits

What does fall to bits mean?
Fall to bits means to fall apart.
What part of speech is fall to bits?
Fall to bits is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall to bits?
The past tense of fall to bits is fell to bits.

Words near fall to bits in the dictionary

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

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