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单词 fall over
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to fall over
to fall over
1. intransitive.
a. To topple, tumble, or keel over.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over
welt13..
tiltc1390
overfalla1400
waltc1400
tirvec1425
top over tervea1450
overtumble1487
overwelta1522
to fall over1541
top1545
topple1600
tramble1609
tope1796
tottle1830
overtopple1855
whemmel1895
pitch-pole1896
1541 R. Whitford Dyuers Holy Instrucyons & Teachynges vii. f. 8 When he had set downe ye pot vpon the gronde (whyle he couered ye founteyne) the pot fell ouer.
1579 J. Frampton tr. B. de Escalante Disc. Nauigation iv. f. 9 In those Seas are many leuantes which are Eastsoutheast and Southeast windes, that doeth cause them to fal ouer.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 61 Hold your horse somwhat straight.., least too much hast shold make him stumble & fal ouer.
1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 32 The Waves..fall over with dashing and foaming.
1795 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 778/1 She [sc. the corvette] struck on the Roenna, and soon after filled and fell over.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 466 The moment life is extinct, it [sc. a whale] always falls over on its side.
1867 Rep. Select Comm. Fire Protection 222/1 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 471) X. 1 The candle was placed on a piece of tallow..and it fell over.
1952 Observer 26 Oct. 5/2 Detergent-packets..almost always fall over and spill.
2009 Financial Times 29 Jan. 7/1 The streets are still full of important-looking people, falling over in the snow.
b. to fall over backwards (also backward): to make every effort to do or achieve something, esp. to be fair or helpful; = to bend over backwards at backwards adv.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make a great effort
to move (also stir) heaven and earth1580
to swelt one's heart1584
to sweat blood1911
to bust (also rupture) a gut1912
to fall over backwards1932
to bust (also break) one's balls1968
1932 Washington Post 21 Aug. 14/5 The galleries fall over backwards to heap adulation on the players.
1966 Listener 11 Aug. 190/1 In the system of trial is it correct to say, as many people say, that we fall over backwards to protect the guilty?
1972 Jrnl. Inquirer (Connecticut) 2 Oct. 4/3 The Enfield zoning board has been insensitive to small businessmen while falling over backward for the malls.
2002 Guardian 5 Dec. 4/2 We have fallen over backwards to be as helpful as we can.
c. Computing. Of hardware or software: to stop working suddenly; to crash (crash v. 6c).
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1975 P. A. Enslow in Special Symp. Adv. Hybrid Computing (IEEE Computer Society) 170/1 It is a characteristic of the system that, when it does ‘fall over’, it does so in a consistent..manner.
1982 A. Smith APL, Design Handbk. for Commerc. Syst. ii. 10 He doesn't..mind too much if the system falls over the first time someone enters something unexpected.
1993 Computer Weekly 42/6 There then follows the stage where you expect a product to fall over practically every day and would not think of using it to run a business.
2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 25 Feb. (Review section) 10/2 In computing terms, e-mail ‘scales’ marvellously well, because computers can send increasing amounts of it without abruptly falling over.
2. intransitive. To defect to. Obsolete.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > cast off allegiance or defect [verb (intransitive)]
recede1520
defect1596
degenerate1602
to fall overa1616
to go over the wall1917
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 53 Dost thou now fall ouer to my foes? View more context for this quotation
1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 201 The Athenians, Lacedemonians and Thebans, were all fallen over to the King of Persia's side.
1689 E. Bohun tr. J. Sleidane Gen. Hist. Reformation of Church xxi. 492 Alexander..fell over to their party.
3. intransitive. Scottish. To fall asleep.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > go to sleep or fall asleep
to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE
to fall overa1752
to go off1813
to drop off1820
to fall off1822
to get off to sleep1837
to fall off1862
tope1863
sleepy-baw1907
to go out1928
to zizz off1962
a1752 R. Erskine Serm. (1777) I. xii. 400 Like a man in a sound sleep, he may be jogged up a little, and so open his eyes, as it were, a little; yet he is incapable of discerning duty, for he falls over again.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 18 She'd start an' fumper, an' fa' o'er again.
1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. ii. v. 286 Ellen Hesketh..wakened me—I had just fallen over.
1870 Glasgow Med. Jrnl. 2 215 Pulse, 102; considerably improved. Has just fallen over. Aspect entirely that of a person in deep natural sleep. Snores.
1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Röd 133 I fell ower, an' da first 'at waukened me wis noise.
2012 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 10 Sleep is the body's natural recovery state, but it is often difficult to fall over in the hours directly after a demanding sporting performance.
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to fall over ——
to fall over ——
1. intransitive. colloquial. to fall over one another (also each other): to vie with each other eagerly to be the first to do or achieve something.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > rival or vie with
strive?c1225
countervailc1525
to hold handc1600
compete1620
to keep upa1633
competition1650
tie1680
to fall over one another1888
1888 Boston Daily Advertiser 7 Apr. 3/1 Buyers seemed to be anxious to fall over one another in the effort to get stocks today.
1889 N.Y. Times 5 Apr. 1/3 The traders will be falling over each other to get May at $1 05.
1968 Guardian 15 May 7/2 The county councils and the dozens of different official bodies falling over one another to administer and advise the Highlands.
2010 Private Eye 28 May 9/3 The fair-trade movement has grown rapidly in recent years, as companies fall over each other to show how ethical they are.
2. intransitive. colloquial. to fall over oneself: (a) to become confused, make mistakes; (now) esp. to speak in a hurried or stumbling manner; (b) to show great or excessive eagerness (to do something).
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > be or become confused [verb (intransitive)]
wonder1297
confusec1350
maskera1375
studya1375
to annoy of?c1400
muse?c1430
marc1440
manga1450
puzzle1605
dunce1611
quandary1616
wavera1625
wilder1658
to scratch one's head1712
maffle1781
to strike up1844
turn1852
to fall over oneself1889
fuzz1930
to get the lines crossed1973
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing [verb (intransitive)] > display willingness
to show willing1862
to fall over oneself1889
1889 Washington Post 14 Feb. 2/1 Mr. Baker made some blunders, but Mr. Ermentrout seemed to be in a condition of stage fright and fell over himself repeatedly.
1891 Forest & Stream 3 Dec. 389/1 It is customary for the city press of Chicago to fall over itself a good deal every year by way of eulogizing the annual game dinner.
1904 Brooklyn Standard Union 2 Aug. 6 The bonafide independent element is not falling over itself to come to Parker's assistance.
1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven iii. 48 Why was it that..these rich coots with tons of money nearly fell over themselves grabbing at anything they could get free?
1992 M. Hoffman tr. W. Koeppen Death in Rome (2001) 66 He spoke hurriedly, falling over himself. ‘I found out where you were staying, please excuse me. I don't mean to disturb you. I'm sure I'm disturbing you, [etc.].’
2011 Independent 5 July 7/2 Retailers fall over themselves to assure customers that their food is fresh and locally-sourced.
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