"fall around" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall around.ogg [Australia] Forms: falls around [present, singular, third-person], falling around [participle, present], fell around [past], fallen around [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> around}} fall around (third-person singular simple present falls around, present participle falling around, simple past fell around, past participle fallen around)
  1. (idiomatic) To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: flail about

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fall around meaning in English (1.7kB)

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