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toppletopple /ˈtɑpəl/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYtoppleOrigin: 1500-1600 top VERB TABLEtopple |
| Present | I, you, we, they | topple | | he, she, it | topples | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | toppled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have toppled | | he, she, it | has toppled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had toppled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will topple | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have toppled |
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| Present | I | am toppling | | he, she, it | is toppling | | you, we, they | are toppling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was toppling | | you, we, they | were toppling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been toppling | | he, she, it | has been toppling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been toppling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be toppling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been toppling |
THESAURUSmove downward► fall to go down from a higher position to a lower position: Outside, the rain was falling steadily. The little boat rose and fell with the movement of the waves. ► drop to fall suddenly onto the ground or into something: The fruit was so ripe it began dropping from the trees. ► plummet to fall very quickly from a very high place: The plane plummeted toward the Earth. ► plunge to fall a long way down, especially into water: The divers threw themselves off the cliffs and plunged into the water below. ► tumble to fall with a rolling movement: Boulders tumbled down the side of the mountain. ► topple to fall. Used especially about things that are tall: Trees had toppled over in the storm. ► collapse if a structure or building collapses, it breaks and falls to the ground: The roof collapsed under the weight of the wet snow. 1[intransitive, transitive] to become unsteady and then fall over, or to make someone or something do this: High winds toppled several telephone poles.topple over/to/backward etc. The magazine rack toppled to the floor.► see thesaurus at fall12[transitive] social studies, politics to take power away from a leader or government, especially by force SYN overthrow: They stopped a plot to topple the government. |