If a person or object that is standing falls over, they accidentally move from their upright position so that they are then lying on the ground or on the surface supporting them.
I remember falling over in a playground when I was a child. [VERBPARTICLE]
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fall over in British English
verb(intr, adverb)
1.
to lose one's balance and collapse to the ground
2.
to fall from an upright position
the vase fell over
3. fall over oneself
Examples of 'fall over' in a sentence
fall over
Danlo felt his carbon dioxide breath, in ragged hot jets, fall over his face.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2001)
His second panicked thought was that Meer was going to fall over the edge himself.
Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2001)
Chinese translation of 'fall over'
fall over
vi
[person, object]跌倒 (diēdǎo)
vt fus
to fall over o.s. to do sth (inf) 想方设(設)法做某事 (xiǎng fāng shè fǎ zuò mǒushì)
See fall
Nearby words of
fall over
fall in with
fall off
fall out
fall over
fall through
fall to
fallacy
All related terms of 'fall over'
to fall/turn over
跌倒/打翻 diēdǎo/dǎfān
to fall over o.s. to do sth
( inf ) 想方设(設)法做某事 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ zuò mǒushì
to go or fall head over heels
( lit ) 头(頭)朝下跌倒 tóu cháoxià diēdǎo
fall to
▶ to fall to sb to do sth ( responsibility ) 做某事的责(責)任落在某人身上 zuò mǒushì de zérèn luòzài mǒurén shēnshang