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fell about

fell about is the simple past of fall about.

Meaning of fall about

Verb

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

  1. To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably.
    • Every time he performed the trick people would fall about laughing.

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What is fell about the simple past of?
Fell about is the simple past of fall about.

Words near fell about in the dictionary

  1. Felkin
  2. Felkins
  3. Felkirk
  4. felks
  5. fell
  6. fell about
  7. fell among
  8. fell apart
  9. fell around
  10. fell asleep
  11. fell asleep in the Lord

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