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falls ill

falls ill is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is falls ill the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Falls ill is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fall ill.

Words near falls ill in the dictionary

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

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