Fall down meaning in English
Learn how to use Fall down correctly with Gymglish.
Test and improve your English. Start your free trial today.
TEST YOUR ENGLISH
Free trial and no commitment to buy
4,7 on App Store, Play Store and Trustpilot
More than 8 million learners worldwide
Definition
to fall down: to trip over, to fall, to suddenly lose an upright position, to tumble, to drop to the floor
Examples
- "Bruno : I was told that bridge was falling down."
- "I think I fell down a hole."
- "Especially the close-ups of heads falling down the stairs."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with up or down.
Kevin: Jean, what happened to your leg?
Jean: I fell the stairs last night.
Kevin: How did you do that?
Jean: I got in the middle of the night because I thought there was a burglar in my apartment.
Kevin: And was there?
Jean: No, it was the cat that woke me .
Kevin: I didn't know you had a cat.
Jean: Neither did I.
Kevin: Jean, what happened to your leg?
Jean: I fell the stairs last night.
Kevin: How did you do that?
Jean: I got in the middle of the night because I thought there was a burglar in my apartment.
Kevin: And was there?
Jean: No, it was the cat that woke me .
Kevin: I didn't know you had a cat.
Jean: Neither did I.
Fill in the blanks below with up or down.
Kevin: Jean, what happened to your leg?
Jean: I fell down 1 the stairs last night.
Kevin: How did you do that?
Jean: I got up 2 in the middle of the night because I thought there was a burglar in my apartment.
Kevin: And was there?
Jean: No, it was the cat that woke me up 3.
Kevin: I didn't know you had a cat.
Jean: Neither did I.
Kevin: Jean, what happened to your leg?
Jean: I fell down 1 the stairs last night.
Kevin: How did you do that?
Jean: I got up 2 in the middle of the night because I thought there was a burglar in my apartment.
Kevin: And was there?
Jean: No, it was the cat that woke me up 3.
Kevin: I didn't know you had a cat.
Jean: Neither did I.
1 down: To 'fall down' means to drop or descend from a higher to lower position. Example: The farmer caught his foot on a rock and fell down the hill. Jean tells Kevin that he hurt himself whilst falling from the top of the stairs to the bottom. 'Down' is used here in one of its primary senses: descending from a higher location to a lower location.
2 up: To 'get up' from bed means to rise from it. Jean was disturbed whilst sleeping, and so he 'rose' or 'got out of his bed' to investigate the noise. In this expression, 'up' is used in one of its primary senses: to indicate vertical movement to an elevated position (other examples: stand up, rise up, sit up).
3 up: 'To be woken up' (from the active voice expression 'to wake up') means to be disturbed whilst sleeping, so that one 'awakens', or no longer sleeps. Jean was 'woken up' in the middle of the night by a noise in his house. In this expression, 'up' is used in one of its primary senses: to indicate vertical movement to an elevated position (other examples: stand up, rise up, sit up).
Still unsure of the best way to use 'Fall down'? Improve your English thanks to our online English lessons. We offer a free test as well as a free level assessment!
What our users say:
Test your English with Gymglish today and get a free level assessment
Absolutely free - no strings attached.
