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• fall on one's feet — 1. To achieve a successful outcome to a difficult situation 2. To have unexpected good fortune • • • Main Entry: ↑fall …   Useful english dictionary

• fall on one's feet — ► land (or fall) on one s feet have good luck or success. Main Entry: ↑foot …   English terms dictionary

• fall on one's feet — land upright on one s feet; pull through, surmount or overcome hardship; recover, be rehabilitated …   English contemporary dictionary

• land (or fall) on one's feet — have good luck or success. → land …   English new terms dictionary

• fall over one's feet — verb To hasten. Show me the rest of the house, I said, to distract him. He fell over his feet to oblige …   Wiktionary

• land on one's feet — ► land (or fall) on one s feet have good luck or success. Main Entry: ↑foot …   English terms dictionary

• put one on one's feet — See: ON ONE S FEET(2) …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put one on one's feet — See: ON ONE S FEET(2) …   Dictionary of American idioms

• To fall into one's hands — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fall on one's face — verb To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner. Judge Charles R. Richey last week tried to apply some firm rules of law to such indelicate situations. He came close to succeeding, then fell on his face. Ant: land on ones… …   Wiktionary

• fall — [c]/fɔl / (say fawl) verb (fell, fallen, falling) –verb (i) 1. to descend from a higher to a lower place or position through loss or lack of support; drop. 2. to come down suddenly from a standing or erect position: to fall on one s knees. 3. to… …