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fallen ill

fallen ill is the past participle of fall ill.

Meaning of fall ill

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To become ill, to get sick, to sicken.
    • We come into contact with germ-infested surfaces all day, every day, but we don’t keep falling catastrophically ill.2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian

Questions about fallen ill

What is fallen ill the past participle of?
Fallen ill is the past participle of fall ill.

Words near fallen ill in the dictionary

  1. fallen flat
  2. fallen flat on one's face
  3. fallen for
  4. fallen foul
  5. fallen from grace
  6. fallen ill
  7. fallen in
  8. fallen in line
  9. fallen in love
  10. fallen in lust
  11. fallen in with

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