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  • 101fall — 1. in. to be arrested; to be charged with a crime. (Underworld. See also fall guy.) □ I heard that Bruno fell. Is that right? □ Sam would never fall easily. Must be a frame. 2. n. one’s arrest; being arrested and charged. (Underworld.) □ Who took …

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  • 102fall — [OE] The verb fall comes from prehistoric Germanic *fallan, which also produced German fallen, Dutch vallen, and Swedish falla. The noun is partly a survival of Old English feall, partly a borrowing from the related Old Norse fall, but probably… …

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  • 103Fall of '55 — The Fall of 55 (2006) is a documentary about a sex scandal in Boise, Idaho in 1955.The scandal began October 31, 1955 when a number of prominent Boise men were persecuted for alleged homosexual acts. The film covers the same subject matter as… …

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  • 104Fall (EP) — Infobox Album | Name = Fall Type = EP Artist = Ride Released = 17 September 1990 Recorded = ?? Genre = Alternative Length = 19:09 Label = Creation Records Producer = ?? Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg… …

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  • 105Fall — 1. Wohnstättenname zu mhd. val »Fall« für jemanden, der am Wasserfall, am Windfall oder an einer abfallenden Geländestelle wohnte. 2. Herkunftsname zu dem Ortsnamen Fall (Bayern, Aargau/Schweiz). Bekannter Namensträger: Leo Fall, österreichischer …

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  • 106Fall — 1. a) Abrutschen, Absturz, Ausgleiten; (ugs.): Ausrutscher. b) Abstieg, Untergang, Verfall, Zusammenbruch; (geh.): Niedergang. 2. Angelegenheit, Erscheinung, Frage, Phänomen, Problem, Sache, Sachverhalt; (geh.): Begebenheit; (ugs.): Geschichte. 3 …

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  • 107fall\ in — v 1. To go and stand properly in a row like soldiers. The captain told his men to fall in. Contrast: fall out(3) 2. To collapse. The explosion caused the walls of the house to fall in …

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  • 108fall — I. v. n. 1. Drop, descend, sink, drop down. 2. Be prostrated, fall down. 3. Sink, be lowered, be depressed. 4. Decrease, decline, be diminished, become less, die away. 5. Sin, err, transgress, lapse, trip, trespass, commit a fault, do amiss, go… …

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  • 109fall in — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms fall in : present tense I/you/we/they fall in he/she/it falls in present participle falling in past tense fell in past participle fallen in 1) if a roof or wall falls in, it falls to the ground 2) literary… …

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  • 110fall on — ATTACK, assail, assault, fly at, set about, set upon; pounce upon, ambush, surprise, rush, storm, charge; informal jump, lay into, pitch into, beat someone up; Brit. informal have a go at. → …

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