fall up
fall up · falls up · fell up · fallen up · falling up
To benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setbackTo benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setback.
» Tom was lucky his toast fell right side up.
Meaning
2 sensesTo benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setback.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, up.
Examples
14 sentencesTom was lucky his toast fell right side up.
Tom is lucky his toast fell right side up.
Tom was lucky that his toast fell right side up.
Tom was very lucky because his toast fell right side up.
Тому дуже пощастило, що його тост не впав догори дригом. — deniko
When I fall, I get up.
Forms
falls up, falling up, fell up, fallen upPhrasal 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 wordsRelatedfail upwards
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