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fall
1. verb To be arrested for a crime. Can you believe that mob kingpin finally fell? Every criminal screws up and falls eventually. No one's luck lasts forever. I never thought I'd see the head of the crime ring fall, dang.
2. noun One's arrest for a crime. I refuse to take the fall when I was barely involved in this to begin with. I'm not taking the fall for my former account—he's the one who falsified the records! If this scandal keeps getting bigger in the news, someone will definitely have to take the fall for it.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
fall
1. in. to be arrested; to be charged with a crime. (see also fall guy.) I heard that Mooshoo fell. Is that right?
2. n. one’s arrest; being arrested and charged. (Underworld.) Who took the fall for the bank job?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
fall
foul/afoul1. Nautical To collide. Used of vessels.
2. To clash: fell foul of the law.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
- (as) easy as ABC
- (as) easy as falling off a log
- (as) easy as pie
- (as) easy as rolling off a log
- (one) didn't just fall off the turnip truck
- a creaking door never falls from its hinges
- a falling out
- a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything
- a reed before the wind lives on(, while mighty oaks do fall)
- a stumble may prevent a fall
- asleep at the switch
- avoid the trap of (doing something)
- be (as) easy as falling off (of) a log
- be falling over (oneself) to (do something)
- be falling over yourself to do something
- be falling-down drunk
- be head over heels (in love)
- be heading for a fall
- be in free fall
- be in/go into free fall
- be riding for a fall
- be wide of the mark
- be/fall prey to something
- be/fall wide of the mark
- between two stools, one falls to the ground
- bigger they are, the harder they fall
- bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
- bottom drops out, the
- bottom falls out
- bread always falls on the buttered side
- break (one's) fall
- break fall
- break one's fall
- collapse, fall, etc. in/into a heap
- come to blows
- come up roses
- come/fall apart at the seams
- die/drop/fall like flies
- drop by the wayside
- drop into (one's) lap
- drop into place
- drop/fall into somebody's lap
- drunk as a lord
- easier than falling off a log
- easy as A, B, C
- easy as ABC/pie/falling off a log
- easy as falling off a log
- easy as pie
- escape the bear and fall to the lion
- every slip is not a fall
- face falls
- fall
- fall (a)foul
- fall (a)foul of (someone or something)
- fall (flat) on (one's)/its face
- fall (squarely) on (someone's) shoulders
- fall (up)on (someone or something)
- fall aboard of (someone or something)
- fall about
- fall about laughing
- fall about the place
- fall about the place (laughing)
- fall about with laughter
- fall all over
- fall all over (one)
- fall all over (oneself)
- fall all over oneself
- fall among (a group)
- fall apart
- fall apart at the seams
- fall asleep
- fall asleep at the switch
- fall asleep at the wheel
- fall at
- fall at (one's) feet
- fall at the final hurdle
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- fall at the last hurdle
- fall away
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- fall away toward (something)
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- fall between two stools
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- fall by the wayside
- fall by the wayside, to
- fall down
- fall down at (one's) feet
- fall down on
- fall down on (someone or something)
- fall down on the job
- fall flat
- fall flat on your face
- fall for
- fall for (someone or something)
- fall for (someone or something) hook, line, and sinker
- fall for someone hook, line and sinker
- fall for something hook, line and sinker
- fall for something/someone, to
- fall foul of
- fall foul of sb/sth
- fall from
- fall from (something)
- fall from grace
- fall from grace, to
- fall from power
- fall guy
- fall head over heels
- fall head over heels in love
- fall head over heels in love with (someone)
- fall heir to
- fall heir to (something)
- fall ill
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- fall in line
- fall in love
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- fall in on (someone or something)
- fall in place
- fall in with
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- fall in(to)
- fall in(to) line
- fall in(to) place
- fall in(to) the drink
- fall into
- fall into (one's) lap
- fall into (someone's or something's) clutches
- fall into (someone's or something's) hands
- fall into a heap
- fall into a trap
- fall into decay
- fall into depression
- fall into despair
- fall into disfavor
- fall into disgrace
- fall into disuse
- fall into error
- fall into lap
- fall into line
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- fall into place
- fall into sin
- fall into somebody's hands/the hands of somebody
- fall into someone's hands
- fall into someone's lap
- fall into step
- fall into the clutches of (someone or something)
- fall into the hands of (someone)
- fall into the trap
- fall into the trap of (doing something)
- fall into the wrong hands
- fall into your lap
- fall into/avoid the trap of doing something
- fall like dominoes
- fall like ninepins
- fall madly in love (with someone)
- fall off
- fall off (one's) perch
- fall off a lorry
- fall off a truck
- fall off the back of a lorry
- fall off the back of a truck
- fall off the cabbage truck
- fall off the map
- fall off the perch
- fall off the radar
- fall off the roof
- fall off the turnip truck
- fall off the wagon
- fall on
- fall on (one's) feet
- fall on (one's) knees
- fall on (one's) neck
- fall on (one's) sword
- fall on a/the grenade
- fall on deaf ears
- fall on deaf ears, to
- fall on face
- fall on good ground
- fall on hard times
- fall on knees
- fall on one's face
- fall on one's feet
- fall on one's feet, to
- fall on one's sword
- fall on stony ground
- fall on sword
- fall on your feet
- fall on(to) (someone or something)
- fall out
- fall out of bed
- fall out of favor
- fall out of favor (with someone)
- fall out of love
- fall out of love with (someone)
- fall out with (someone)
- fall out with (someone) about (something)
- fall out with (someone) over (something)
- fall outside
- fall outside (something)
- fall over
- fall over (oneself)
- fall over (oneself) to (do something)
- fall over backward
- fall over backwards
- fall over oneself
- fall over yourself
- fall over yourself to do something
- fall overboard
- fall prey to
- fall prey to (someone or something)
- fall prey to something
- fall short
- fall short (of), to
- fall short of
- fall short of (one's) goal
- fall short of (something)
- fall short of goal
- fall short of something
- fall short of the goal
- fall short of the record
- fall shy of (something)
- fall through
- fall through the cracks
- fall through the floor
- fall to
- fall to (one)
- fall to (one's) knees
- fall to (one's) lot
- fall to (something)
- fall to bits
- fall to pieces
- fall to someone's lot
- fall together
- fall toward
- fall toward (something)
- fall under
- fall under (someone's) spell
- fall under (something)
- fall under spell
- fall under the spell of (someone)
- fall victim
- fall wide of the mark
- fall within
- fall within (something)
- fall, drop, etc. into place
- fall/land on your feet
- fallback plan
- falling down drunk
- falling-down drunk
- falling-out
- free fall
- go into free fall
- hasty climbers have sudden falls
- have a falling out
- have scales fall from (one's) eyes
- he that is down need fear no fall
- he who digs a pit for others falls in himself
- head for a fall
- head over heels (in love), to be/fall
- in free fall
- in the drink
- in the gutter
- into free fall
- land on (one's) feet
- land on your feet
- let (something) fall
- let drop
- let fall something
- let the chips fall (where they may)
- let the chips fall where they may
- like a ton of bricks
- like falling off (of) a log
- nearly fall off (one's) chair
- nearly fall out of (one's) chair
- no matter how the dice fall
- no matter which way the dice fall
- off the wagon
- on shoulders
- pratfall
- pride comes before a fall
- pride comes before a/the fall
- pride cometh before a/the fall
- Pride goes before a fall
- pride goes before a/the fall
- pride goeth before a/the fall
- pride wenteth before a/the fall
- reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall
- ride for a fall
- ride for a fall, to
- riding for a fall
- rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)
- roaring drunk
- sink like a stone
- sky is falling, the
- spring ahead, fall back
- spring forward, fall back
- stand or fall by (something)
- stand or fall by something
- stumbling is not falling
- take a fall
- take the fall
- take the fall (for someone or something)
- take the hit (for someone or something)
- the apple does not fall far from the stem
- the apple does not fall far from the tree
- the apple does not fall far from the trunk
- the apple doesn't fall/never falls far from the tree
- the apple falls not far from the tree
- the apple never falls far from the tree
- the bigger they are, the harder they fall
- the bigger they come, the harder they fall
- the bigger they come/are, the harder they fall
- the bottom drops out of (one's) world
- the bottom drops out of the market
- the bottom drops/falls out of somebody's world
- the bottom drops/falls out of the market
- the bottom falls out (of something)
- the bottom falls out of (one's) world
- the bottom falls out of something
- the bottom falls out of the industry
- the bottom falls out of the market
- the bottom falls out of your world
- the curtain falls
- the curtain falls on (something)
- the nut does not fall far from the tree
- the roof caves in
- the roof falls in
- the scales fall from somebody's eyes
- the scales fall from someone's eyes
- the scales fall from your eyes
- the sky is falling
- the wheels are falling off
- the wheels fall off
- try a fall with
- try a fall with (someone)
- united we stand(, divided we fall)
- United we stand, divided we fall
- until the wheels fall off
- wait for the ax(e) to fall
- when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter
- wide of the mark
- your face falls