fall around
fall around · falls around · fell around · fallen around · falling around
To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetenceTo fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.
» I fell asleep around 2:30.
Я заснул около половины третьего.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.
falling around the place
Examples
7 sentencesI fell asleep around 2:30.
ruЯ заснул около половины третьего.
I fell asleep around midnight.
ruЯ уснул около полуночи.
Did something fall down around there?
It feels like everything is falling apart around me.
Mennad's body fell around sixty feet.
Forms
falls around, falling around, fell around, fallen around| Base form | fall around · to fall around |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | falls around |
| Present participle | falling around |
| Past simple | fell around |
| Past participle | fallen around |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- fall offіти на дно, падатиTo become detached or to drop from.
- fall outпосваритисяTo come out of something by falling.
- fall inдати, даватиTo collapse inwards.
- fall downпадати, впастиTo fall to the ground. To collapse.
- fall backвідступити, відступатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
- fall overвалити, повалитиTo fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.
- fall awayпомилятися, помилитисяTo cease to support a person or cause.
- fall apartрозпадатися, розвалитисяTo disintegrate, to break into pieces.
More 8
- fall upTo benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setback.
- fall onTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
- fall forTo be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
- fall intoTo go into something by falling.
- fall aroundTo fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.
- fall throughUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.
- fall aboutTo laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably.
- fall toTo enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedflail about
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb