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fallen on

fallen on is the past participle of fall on.

Meaning of fall on

Verb

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

  1. To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
    • With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times.
  2. To be assigned to; to acquire a new responsibility, duty or burden; to fall to.
    • This decision is important, and it falls on you to make it.
  3. To occur on a particular day.
    • The first day of spring this year will fall on a Tuesday.
  4. Of the eyes or gaze: to alight upon.
  5. (archaic) To attack (someone); to join an attack on (someone), especially a surprise attack.

Questions about fallen on

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

Words near fallen on in the dictionary

  1. fallen off the radar
  2. fallen off the turnip truck
  3. fallen off the twig
  4. fallen off the ugly tree
  5. fallen off the wagon
  6. fallen on
  7. fallen on a grenade
  8. fallen on deaf ears
  9. fallen on hard times
  10. fallen on one's face
  11. fallen on one's sword

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