"fall up" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> up"
      },
      "expansion": "fall up (third-person singular simple present falls up, present participle falling up, simple past fell up, past participle fallen up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage",
          "text": "In fact, many of their winning mantras essentially describe the notion of falling up: \"I've failed over and over again in my life,\" Jordan once said, \"and that is why I succeed.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, James W. Geiger, Christianity and the Outsider",
          "text": "But with the gospel narrative, God provided a remedy whereby an imperfect creature can “fall up” to God's forgiveness",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Chris Van Gorder, The Front-Line Leader",
          "text": "When I experienced my career-ending injury, I eventually “fell up” and landed in an exciting new career in health care.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setback."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_up-en-verb-kTWNnrfV",
      "links": [
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "in the long run",
          "in the long run"
        ],
        [
          "setback",
          "setback"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Randall Garrett, The Highest Treason",
          "text": "A balloon full of hydrogen \"falls up\" in obedience to the Law of Gravity",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Sharon Marks, TBI - Our Never Ending Journey",
          "text": "Not many people fall up the stairs, most accidents are on the way down!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, up."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_up-en-verb-bwxHYpcN",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall#English"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "fail upwards"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall up"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> up"
      },
      "expansion": "fall up (third-person singular simple present falls up, present participle falling up, simple past fell up, past participle fallen up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fail upwards"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage",
          "text": "In fact, many of their winning mantras essentially describe the notion of falling up: \"I've failed over and over again in my life,\" Jordan once said, \"and that is why I succeed.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, James W. Geiger, Christianity and the Outsider",
          "text": "But with the gospel narrative, God provided a remedy whereby an imperfect creature can “fall up” to God's forgiveness",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Chris Van Gorder, The Front-Line Leader",
          "text": "When I experienced my career-ending injury, I eventually “fell up” and landed in an exciting new career in health care.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setback."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "in the long run",
          "in the long run"
        ],
        [
          "setback",
          "setback"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Randall Garrett, The Highest Treason",
          "text": "A balloon full of hydrogen \"falls up\" in obedience to the Law of Gravity",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Sharon Marks, TBI - Our Never Ending Journey",
          "text": "Not many people fall up the stairs, most accidents are on the way down!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall#English"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall up"
}