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fell over oneself

fell over oneself is the simple past of fall over oneself.

Meaning of fall over oneself

Verb

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

  1. To be unusually enthusiastic.
    • Catholic families in the town were falling over themselves in their anxiety to invite the young Franciscans to come and sit in their parlors and be made much of, with cookies and soft drinks.1948, Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, published 1999, →ISBN, page 317

Questions about fell over oneself

What is fell over oneself the simple past of?
Fell over oneself is the simple past of fall over oneself.

Words near fell over oneself in the dictionary

  1. fell out of favor
  2. fell out of love
  3. fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch
  4. fell out upon
  5. fell over
  6. fell over oneself
  7. Fell ponies
  8. Fell pony
  9. Fell pony syndrome
  10. fell pregnant
  11. fell prey

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