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tumble down

tumble down verb: to topple, collapse.

Verb

tumble down (third-person singular simple present tumbles down, present participle tumbling down, simple past and past participle tumbled down)

  1. (also, figuratively, intransitive) To topple, collapse.
    • About the time that Sylla was making ready, to put off with his Forces from Italy, beſides many other Divine Omens which befell Mithridates [VI Eupator] at Pergamos, there goes a ſtory, that the Statue of Victory, with a Crown in her hand, which the Pergamenians by Engines from above let down on...1684, Plutarch, “The Life of L[ucius] C[ornelius] Sylla”, in William Davies, transl., The Third Volume of Plutarch’s Lives. Translated from the Greek, […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], pages 240–241
    • After its tournament dreams came tumbling down in shocking fashion last March, the Harvard men’s hockey team has high hopes of improving upon the disappointing up-and-down 2008-09 season and making it back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006.2009 November 10, Scott A. Sherman, “Offense To Spark Harvard Comeback”, in The Harvard Crimson

tumble down meaning in Tamil

tumble down in Tamil

சரி

Forms of tumble down

third-person singular presenttumbles down
present participletumbling down
past participletumbled down
pasttumbled down

Words formed from tumble down

Questions about tumble down

What does tumble down mean?
Tumble down means to topple, collapse.
What is tumble down in Tamil?
Tumble down in Tamil is சரி. See Tumble down meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tumble down?
Tumble down is a verb.
What is the past tense of tumble down?
The past tense of tumble down is tumbled down.

Words near tumble down in the dictionary

  1. tumbi
  2. Tumbi Umbi
  3. tumbing
  4. tumbis
  5. tumble
  6. tumble down
  7. tumble dried
  8. tumble drier
  9. tumble driers
  10. tumble dries
  11. tumble dry

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