fall+upon

  • 1fall upon — verb To fall on; to experience; to suffer. With the rise of the Internet, some media fell upon hard times …

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  • 2fall upon — phrasal see fall on …

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  • 3To fall upon — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …

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  • 4Fall — (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa llein… …

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  • 5fall on — or[fall upon] {v.} 1. To go and fight with; attack. * /The robbers fell on him from behind trees./ 2. {formal} To meet (troubles). * /The famous poet fell upon unhappy days./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6fall on — or[fall upon] {v.} 1. To go and fight with; attack. * /The robbers fell on him from behind trees./ 2. {formal} To meet (troubles). * /The famous poet fell upon unhappy days./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 7fall on — or fall upon phrasal to meet with < fell on hard times > …

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  • 8fall on — verb To experience; to suffer; to fall upon. With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times …

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  • 9Fall River granite — is a Precambrian bedrock underlying the City of Fall River, Massachusetts and surrounding areas along the eastern shores of Narragansett Bay. It was formed 600 million years ago, as part of the Avalon terrane. [Roadside Geology of Massachusetts,&#8230; …

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  • 10Fall River — • A suffragan see of the Province of Boston; comprises the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, with the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett and Wareham in Plymouth county, Massachusetts Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fall …

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