"fall to" meaning in English

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      "form": "falls to",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling to",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "_dis": "94 6",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Titus: Come, let's fall to; and, gentle girl, eat this.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1877, George MacDonald, chapter 54, in The Marquis of Lossie:",
          "text": "In the middle of it, in front of the little public house, stood, all that day and the next, a group of men and women, for no five minutes in its component parts the same, but, like a cloud, ever slow dissolving, and as continuously reforming, some dropping away, others falling to.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1879, Anthony Trollope, chapter 7, in William Makepeace Thackeray:",
          "text": "[H]e is interrupted by the arrival of a hamper of wine . . . upon the receipt of which he sends for three friends, and they fall to instantly, drinking two bottles apiece.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 9, in The Fortune Hunter:",
          "text": "[T]he floor was thick with a litter of rubbish. . . . Duncan surveyed it ruefully, but with the will to do strong in him, took off his coat, turned up his trousers, and fell to.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934 March 26, \"Books: Hurstwurst\" (book review of Anitra's Dance by Fannie Hurst), Time (retrieved 1 May 2014)",
          "text": "Many a reader whose appetite rejoices in hearty fare tucked in his napkin, smacked his lips and fell to with a will."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_to-en-verb-bux9OJ4x",
      "links": [
        [
          "enter into",
          "enter into"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiasm",
          "enthusiasm"
        ],
        [
          "commitment",
          "commitment"
        ],
        [
          "eating",
          "eating"
        ],
        [
          "drinking",
          "drinking"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To succumb to (a prank or trick); to fall for (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_to-en-verb-sltHdg~P",
      "links": [
        [
          "prank",
          "prank"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ],
        [
          "fall for",
          "fall for"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dated) To succumb to (a prank or trick); to fall for (something)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "dig in"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "go for it"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall to"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English dated terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Titus: Come, let's fall to; and, gentle girl, eat this.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1877, George MacDonald, chapter 54, in The Marquis of Lossie:",
          "text": "In the middle of it, in front of the little public house, stood, all that day and the next, a group of men and women, for no five minutes in its component parts the same, but, like a cloud, ever slow dissolving, and as continuously reforming, some dropping away, others falling to.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1879, Anthony Trollope, chapter 7, in William Makepeace Thackeray:",
          "text": "[H]e is interrupted by the arrival of a hamper of wine . . . upon the receipt of which he sends for three friends, and they fall to instantly, drinking two bottles apiece.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 9, in The Fortune Hunter:",
          "text": "[T]he floor was thick with a litter of rubbish. . . . Duncan surveyed it ruefully, but with the will to do strong in him, took off his coat, turned up his trousers, and fell to.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934 March 26, \"Books: Hurstwurst\" (book review of Anitra's Dance by Fannie Hurst), Time (retrieved 1 May 2014)",
          "text": "Many a reader whose appetite rejoices in hearty fare tucked in his napkin, smacked his lips and fell to with a will."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enter into",
          "enter into"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiasm",
          "enthusiasm"
        ],
        [
          "commitment",
          "commitment"
        ],
        [
          "eating",
          "eating"
        ],
        [
          "drinking",
          "drinking"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To succumb to (a prank or trick); to fall for (something)."
      ],
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        [
          "prank",
          "prank"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
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        [
          "fall for",
          "fall for"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dated) To succumb to (a prank or trick); to fall for (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dig in"
    },
    {
      "word": "go for it"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall to"
}