"fall to" meaning in English

{
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> to"
      },
      "expansion": "fall to (third-person singular simple present falls to, present participle falling to, simple past fell to, past participle fallen to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dig in"
        },
        {
          "word": "go for it"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall to"
}

{
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> to"
      },
      "expansion": "fall to (third-person singular simple present falls to, present participle falling to, simple past fell to, past participle fallen to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dig in"
    },
    {
      "word": "go for it"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall to"
}