fall over

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de perdre l'équilibre et de tomber au sol, ou de faire basculer quelque chose.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of losing balance and collapsing to the ground, or of something toppling or tipping over.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Lose balance and fallinformal

   To lose one's balance and fall to the ground.

   perdre l'équilibre et tomber

   • He tripped on the rug and fell over.
   • The child fell over while running in the park.
   • She fell over when her shoe got caught on the step.

   Synonymescollapsefall downkeel overtumble

   Antonymesstand

2. Collapse or toppleinformal

   To fall from an upright position, often due to instability or being knocked.

   tomber

   • The stack of books fell over with a loud thud.
   • The wind was so strong that the fence fell over.
   • The vase fell over when the cat jumped on the table.

   Synonymescollapsefall downkeel overoverturntip overtoppletumble

   Antonymesremainrisestanduphold

Verbe de basefall