"break one's fall" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks one's fall [present, singular, third-person], breaking one's fall [participle, present], broke one's fall [past], broken one's fall [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> one's fall}} break one's fall (third-person singular simple present breaks one's fall, present participle breaking one's fall, simple past broke one's fall, past participle broken one's fall)
  1. To provide alleviation to prevent someone from slamming into the ground at full speed.
    Sense id: en-break_one's_fall-en-verb-ftuHWVqU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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