Idiom
topple over
Meaning
To fall over (to fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The tall stack of books will topple over if you touch it.”
“The strong wind caused the old garden fence to topple over during the night.”
“As the heavy statue began to topple over, the workers scrambled to move out of its path before it crashed to the ground.”
Examples
simple
“The tall stack of books will topple over if you touch it.”
contextual
“The strong wind caused the old garden fence to topple over during the night.”
complex
“As the heavy statue began to topple over, the workers scrambled to move out of its path before it crashed to the ground.”
Key words
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