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fall around

idiom
Meaning

To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.


Examples
SIMPLE

The toddler is falling around because he is learning to walk.

CONTEXTUAL

After the party ended, the guests were falling around and bumping into the furniture.

COMPLEX

The exhausted hikers were falling around on the uneven path, struggling to maintain their balance as the storm intensified.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    fall apart

    To be emotionally in crisis.

  2. 02

    fall asleep

    To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.

  3. 03

    fall at the last hurdle

    To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.

  4. 04

    fall behind

    To be late (for a regular event)

  5. 05

    fall between the cracks

    To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.

  6. 06

    fall between two stools

    To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.

  7. 07

    fall by the wayside

    To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.

  8. 08

    fall for

    To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).

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