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fell off the wagon

fell off the wagon is the simple past of fall off the wagon.

Meaning of fall off the wagon

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.
    • Though he fell off the wagon several times, he eventually succeeded in quitting.
    Synonyms:
    relapse

Questions about fell off the wagon

What is fell off the wagon the simple past of?
Fell off the wagon is the simple past of fall off the wagon.

Words near fell off the wagon in the dictionary

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

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