"fall over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall over.ogg [Australia] Forms: falls over [present, singular, third-person], falling over [participle, present], fell over [past], fallen over [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> over}} fall over (third-person singular simple present falls over, present participle falling over, simple past fell over, past participle fallen over)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms (fall to a horizontal position): topple, topple over Derived forms: fall over backward, fall over backwards, fall over oneself, fall over one's feet Translations (fall from an upright position to a horizontal position): falde omkuld (Danish), omvallen (Dutch), fali (Esperanto), kaatua (Finnish), umfallen (German), umkippen (German), 넘어지다 (neomeojida) (Korean), cair (sobre) (Portuguese), tombar (sobre) (Portuguese), caerse (Spanish), falla omkull (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fall_over-en-verb-4ygtpi~s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 4 41 20 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 29 6 33 32 Disambiguation of 'fall to a horizontal position': 49 3 24 25 Disambiguation of 'fall from an upright position to a horizontal position': 83 2 6 9
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) Of an argument, to fail to be valid. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fall_over-en-verb-VL-flXP7
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal, computing) Of a computer program or system, to crash. Tags: idiomatic, informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-fall_over-en-verb-Jpk~8Amt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 4 41 20 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 29 6 33 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal, South Africa) To break down; to become inoperable. Tags: South-Africa, idiomatic, informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fall_over-en-verb-3L6PzvfU Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 4 41 20 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 29 6 33 32

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fall over meaning in English (5.6kB)

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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
      "word": "falde omkuld"
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
      "word": "fali"
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
      "word": "kaatua"
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
      "word": "umfallen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
      "word": "umkippen"
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
      "word": "cair (sobre)"
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
      "word": "caerse"
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      "sense": "fall from an upright position to a horizontal position",
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