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fall to the ground

fall to the ground verb: to come to nothing; to fail.

Verb

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

  1. To come to nothing; to fail.
    • As he alone was earnest in the matter, and as no one came forward with capital, the scheme fell to the ground.1863, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, ground.

Forms of fall to the ground

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

Questions about fall to the ground

What does fall to the ground mean?
Fall to the ground means to come to nothing; to fail.
What part of speech is fall to the ground?
Fall to the ground is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall to the ground?
The past tense of fall to the ground is fell to the ground.

Words near fall to the ground in the dictionary

  1. fall to
  2. fall to bits
  3. fall to one's knees
  4. fall to pieces
  5. fall to someone's lot
  6. fall to the ground
  7. fall together
  8. fall under
  9. fall up
  10. fall upon
  11. fall upon someone's neck

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