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falling ill

falling ill is the present participle and gerund 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 falling ill

What is falling ill the present participle and gerund of?
Falling ill is the present participle and gerund of fall ill.

Words near falling ill in the dictionary

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

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