fall down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de tomber ou de s'effondrer au sol, souvent depuis une position debout.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of dropping or collapsing to the ground, often from a standing position.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Lose balance and dropinformal

   To drop or descend to the ground from a standing or higher position, usually due to losing balance.

   tomber au sol

   • He slipped on the ice and fell down.
   • The child fell down while running in the park.
   • Be careful not to fall down the stairs.

   Synonymescollapsecrashplummetstumbletoppletriptumble

   Antonymesget uprisestand

2. Fail or collapseinformal

   To fail to meet expectations or to collapse in a figurative sense, such as a plan or system.

   Échouer ou s'effondrer (au sens figuré)

   • The company's plan fell down due to lack of funding.
   • His argument fell down when new evidence was presented.
   • The project fell down because of poor communication.

   Synonymesbreak downcollapsefailflopfoundergo wrongmiscarry

   Antonymesendureflourishprevailprospersucceedthrive

Verbe de basefall