FALL TO

Literature

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Brittleness

Break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way; fall to pieces; crumble to, crumble into dust.

Chance 2

Verb: chance, hap, turn up; fall to one's lot; be one's -fate; stumble on light upon; take one's chance.

Destruction

Verb: be destroyed; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin; go by the board, go all to smash; be all over, be all up, be all with; totter to its fall.

Disjunction

Verb: be disjoined; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose.

Duty

Verb: be the duty of; be incumbent; Adjective: on, be responsible; Adjective: behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself; (promise); be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility; Noun: be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself.

Eventuality

Meet with; experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to; fall to the lot of; be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot; find; endure; (feel).

Exertion

Work hard; rough it; put forth one's strength, put forth a strong arm; fall to work, bend the bow; buckle to, set one's shoulder to the wheel; (resolution); work like a horse, work like a cart horse, work like a galley slave, work like a coal heaver; labor day and night, work day and night; redouble one's efforts; do double duty; work double hours, work double tides; sit up, burn the candle at both ends; stick to; (persevere) a; work one's way, fight one's way; lay about one, hammer at.

Failure

Limp, halt, hobble, titubate; fall, tumble; lose one's balance; fall to the ground, fall between two stools; flounder, falter, stick in the mud, run aground, split upon a rock; beat one's head against a stone wall, run one's head against a stone wall, knock one's head against a stone wall, dash one's head against a stone wall; break one's back; break down, sink, drown, founder, have the ground cut from under one; get into trouble, get into a mess, get into a scrape; come to grief; (adversity); go to the wall, go to the dogs, go to pot; lick the dust, bite the dust; be defeated; have the worst of it, lose the day, come off second best, lose; fall a prey to; succumb; (submit); not have a leg to stand on.

Come to nothing, end in smoke; flat out ; fall to the ground, fall through, fall dead, fall stillborn, fall flat; slip through one's fingers; hang fire, miss fire; flash in the pan, collapse; topple down; (descent); go to wrack and ruin; (destruction).

Food

Verb: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick, pick, peck; gormandize; bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.

Nonincrease, Decrease

Verb: decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge; (shorten); shrink; (contract); drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.

Receiving

Be received; come in, come to hand; pass into one's hand, fall into one's hand; go into one's pocket; fall to one's lot, fall to one's share; come to one, fall to one; accrue; have given; to one.

Shortcoming

Break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out, come to nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays.

Undertaking

Take up, take in hand; tackle; set about, go about; set to, fall to, set to work; launch forth; set up shop; put in hand, put in execution; set forward; break the neck of a business, be in, for; put one's hand to, put one's foot in; betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do; begin; broach, institute; one's (originate); put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel.

Warfare

Verb: arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, dig up the tomahawk; go to war, wage war, 'let slip the dogs of war'; cry havoc; kindle the torch of war, light the torch of war; raise one's banner, raise the fire cross; hoist the black flag; throw away, fling away the scabbard; enroll, enlist; take the field; take the law into one's own hands; do battle, give battle, join battle, engage in battle, go to battle; flesh one's sword; set to, fall to, engage, measure swords with, draw the trigger, cross swords; come to blows, come to close quarters; fight; combat; contend; battle with, break a lance with.

Crosswords: FALL TO

My dear sister, the Cannonball shall fall to the forces of Islam! (The Cannonball Run; writing credit: Brock Yates)

I fall to pieces ("I Fall to Pieces"; performing artist: Patsy Cline)

You walk by and I fall to pieces (I Fall To Pieces; performing artist: Patsy Cline; writing credit: Harlan Howard and Hank Cochran)

All the pieces fall to his wish (No Leaf Clover; performing artist: Metallica)

We've learned to fall to every turn by now (I'LL BE LOVING YOU (FOREVER); performing artist: New Kids On The Block)

THEY'LL FALL TO RUIN ONE DAY (BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG; performing artist: The Pretenders)

I Fall To Pieces (performing artist: Patsy Cline)

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Books

• The Fall to Violence: Original Sin in Relational Theology (reference)

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Preparing a mid-water sediment trap for deployment in the Ross Sea. For collecting biological particles as they fall to the sea floor. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Uses a chain fall to lift a radial aircraft engine, at a Naval Air Station during World War II. Credit: NAVY.

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But this reaching but to the things of their common interest and property, leaves the wife in the full and free possession of what by contract is her peculiar right, and gives the husband no more power over her life than she has over his; the power of the husband being so far from that of an absolute monarch, that the wife has in many cases a liberty to separate from him, where natural right, or their contract allows it; whether that contract be made by themselves in the state of nature, or by the customs or laws of the country they live in; and the children upon such separation fall to the father or mother's lot, as such contract does determine. (Second Treatise of Government)

He hears that the instruments of production are to be exploited in common, and, naturally, can come to no other conclusion than that the lot of being common to all will likewise fall to the women. (reference)

The German Government undertakes to pay over to the French Government such proportion of all reserves accumulated by the Empire or by public or private bodies dependent upon it, for the purposes of disability and old age insurance, as would fall to the disability and old age insurance fund at Strasburg. (reference)

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If I were to unhook this weight, and let go, it would fall to the ground.

The priest let the blindcord fall to one side and, uniting his hands, leaned his chin gravely upon them, communing with himself.

Come, shall we fall to work?

But it was decreed by fortune, my perpetual enemy, that so great a felicity should not fall to my share.

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Health

A person having a severe seizure may cry out, fall to the floor unconscious, twitch or move uncontrollably, drool, or even lose bladder control. (references)

Business

Most major tool manufacturers plan to release their new lines in the fall to capitalize on the industry's peak Christmas selling season. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

An Out-of-Cycle review will be conducted in the fall to assess Costa Rica's enforcement efforts. (references)

Zambia

Some of the expenditure headings are inflexible and it may well fall to the usually more flexible budget line items to absorb any shortfall. (references)

Finland

The unemployment rate is expected to fall to 8.9 percent by the end of year 2001. Regional differences in unemployment are set to become wider and unemployment will increasingly involve the same individuals. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

This ruling, which had not yet been issued formally and implemented by year's end, in essence nullified the military judiciary's conviction, and means that Uscategui's case will fall to the Prosecutor General's office for investigation and prosecution. (references)

Political Economy

PHILIPPINES

Imports of finished automotive vehicles, completely built-up units, will remain subject to a 30 percent tariff until 2004, when the tariff will fall to five percent. (references)

TURKEY

The GOT forecasts a return to growth of about four percent in 2002. Inflation in 2001 is projected to increase to 85 percent, and then to fall to about 35 percent in 2002. (references)

Trade

China

The motor vehicle tariffs will eventually fall to 25%. Tariffs for U.S. priority agriculture products will quickly fall from an average 31.5% to 14.4%. If China signs the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), which should occur upon China's WTO accession, tariffs on all ITA goods - such as semiconductors and computer hardware - would be eliminated by January 1, 2005. Until accession takes place, however, tariffs will continue to act as an effective import barrier. (references)

Worker Rights

Portugal

The key enforcement mechanisms of labor laws fall to labor inspectors. (references)

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Expressions using "FALL TO": fall to a low ebb ♦ fall to blows ♦ fall to earth ♦ fall to one ♦ fall to one's lot ♦ fall to one's share ♦ fall to pieces ♦ fall to the floor with a bang ♦ fall to the ground ♦ fall to the left ♦ fall to thinking ♦ To fall to ♦ To fall to loggerheads ♦ To fall to the ground. Additional references.

Albanian

filloj (begin, come, commence, develop, embark, enter, fall into, fall on, get, get down, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, set about, set in, set to, set up, start, strike up), sulmoj (assail, assault, attack, attempt, charge, dog, fall on, fly at, gain ground, gun for, harass, hit, hold up, jump, lace into, lash, light into, mug, oppugn, raid, waylay). (various references)

Arabic 

‏شرع (begin, commence, legislate, proceed, set about, set upon, start, tackle, undertake), ‏بدأ (begin, begin on smth., commence, incept, initialize, initiate, institute, launch, lead, lead off, proceed, set, set about, set in, start, start off, tackle, take, take in, tee). (various references)

Basque

jausi. (various references)

Bulgarian 

затварям се (close, lock, shut, shut to, swing shut, swing to), започвам (begin, come in, commence, enter, enter on, get under way, handsel, initiate, institute, jump off, kick off, lead, lead off, open, preface, premise, roll, set in, set out on, set up, settle in, start off, start up, take off, tee off, teethe, trigger). (various references)

Chinese 

淪陷 (fall to enemy occupation). (various references)

Czech

zaèít (begin, commence, embark on, give a start, go, go off, inaugurate, initiate, kick off, open, originate, start, take up). (various references)

Finnish

langeta jonkun hyväksi, joutua (be involved in, come under, fall come, get). (various references)

French

se mettre � , attaquer (fall on). (various references)

German

zufallen (be awarded to, be closed, close, devolve upon, fall upon, go, go to, pass to, to fall to). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תפרק (break up, come apart, disband, fall to pieces, snug), ל�"שבר (be broken, be destroyed, be ruined, break, fall to pieces). (various references)

Hungarian

rászáll (to devolve, to dump all over sy, to get into sy's hair, to light), belekezd (commence, lead off, strike up, to engage in, to enter into, to incept, to inchoate, to strike up). (various references)

Indonesian

berantakan (fall to pieces, in a disarray, in a mess, mussy). (various references)

Italian

sfasciare (break upon, fall to pieces, smash up). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

朽ち果てる (to decay, to die in obscurity, to fall to ruins, to rot away, to rust away). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くちはてる (to decay, to die in obscurity, to fall to ruins, to rot away, to rust away). (various references)

Pig Latin

allfay otay

Romanian

se apuca de (begin, embark, follow, go at, set about). (various references)

Russian 

взяться, приняться. (various references)

Scottish

teann (begin; come nigh : teannadh ri, fixed, miserly, narrow, rigid, strait, tense, tight). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pasti (collapse, fall, fall down, graze, lapse, occur, pasture, redound, sink). (various references)

Spanish

tocar (beat, beat out, blow, bow, contact, fall on, fall upon, feel, finger, ground, handle, knock, knock at the door, leave, perform, play, press, rap, ring, sound, to touch, touch, touch upon), sucumbir (fall upon, succumb, underlie), ponerse a trabajar (address smb. to a job, fall on, fall upon, pitch in, set to), incumbir (attach, be incumbent on, be the concern of, behoove, behove, fall on, fall upon), empezar a comer (dig in, fall on, fall upon), corresponder a (accrue to, answer, attach to, come up to, fall on, fall upon, reciprocate, return), comenzar a. (various references)

Swedish

falla igen, tillkomma (appertain to, fall on, reside in, supervene), tillfalla (accrue, fall on, pass on to, pass to), sätta igång, börja (begin, come on, come up, commence, enter upon, go ahead, initiate, introduce, kick off, lead off, open, set in, settle down to, start). (various references)

Turkish

yemeğe başlamak, payına düşmek (accrue, come to, fall to one's share), kendiliğinden kapanmak, girişmek (address oneself to, approach, attack, begin, buckle down to, buckle oneself to, embark, embark upon, enter into, enter on, enter upon, fling, have a bash, interfere, jut into, kick off, knuckle down to, launch, launch out, pitch into, proceed, set about, set off, set one's hand to, set oneself to do smth., set out, set to, start in, start out, tackle, take a step, take the initiative, throw oneself into, undertake, venture on, venture upon, wade in, wade into), göğüs göğüse savaşmak (run in), başlamak (begin, come on, commence, cut along, enter into, enter on, enter upon, fall into, get, get a move on, get going, get to, go, go off, inaugurate, introduce, kick off, knuckle down to, launch, launch out, launch out into, lay down, open, set about, set in, set out, set to, start, start in, start off, strike in, strike up, turn to). (various references)

Ukrainian

розпочати, взятися (address). (various references)

Welsh

dadfeilio (decay, fall to ruin). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: allot, aloft, atoll, float, flota.

-2 letters: alto, fall, flat, foal, loaf, loft, lota, olla, tall, tola, toll.

-3 letters: aft, all, alt, fat, lat, lot, oaf, oat, oft, tao.

-4 letters: al, at, fa, la, lo, of, ta, to.

+1 letter: fallout, floatel, outfall.

+2 letters: fallouts, fellatio, fellator, flatlong, floatels, flotilla, folktale, football, footfall, footwall, loathful, outfalls, softball.

+3 letters: allograft, faldstool, fellation, fellatios, fellators, flageolet, flotillas, folktales, footballs, footfalls, footwalls, forestall, frontally, shortfall, softballs.

+4 letters: allografts, boastfully, faldstools, fellations, flageolets, floatplane, flocculant, flocculate, fontanelle, footballer, forestalls, multifocal, shortfalls, softballer.

+5 letters: allografted, conflictual, factionally, fictionally, floatplanes, flocculants, flocculated, flocculates, flocculator, fontanelles, footballers, forestalled, forestaller, patelliform, softballers, toploftical.