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fell on someone's neck

fell on someone's neck is the simple past of fall on someone's neck.

Meaning of fall on someone's neck

Verb

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

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To embrace someone affectionately or thankfully.
    • [W]hen Theseus saw him, his heart leapt into his mouth, and he longed to fall on his neck and welcome him.1856, Charles Kingsley, The Heroes, Story III: Theseus

Questions about fell on someone's neck

What is fell on someone's neck the simple past of?
Fell on someone's neck is the simple past of fall on someone's neck.

Words near fell on someone's neck in the dictionary

  1. fell on a grenade
  2. fell on deaf ears
  3. fell on hard times
  4. fell on one's face
  5. fell on one's sword
  6. fell on someone's neck
  7. fell out
  8. fell out of favor
  9. fell out of love
  10. fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch
  11. fell out upon

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