F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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[fall back] {v.}
To move back; go back. — Usually used with a group as subject.
The army fell back before their stubborn enemies.
The crowd around the hurt boy fell back when someone shouted "Give him air!"
Compare: [DROP BACK], [GIVE WAY].
[fall back on] or [fall back upon] {v. phr.}
1. To retreat to.
The enemy made a strong attack, and the soldiers fell back on the fort.
2. To go for help to; turn to in time of need.
* /When the big bills for Mother's hospital care came, Joe was […]
[fall behind] {v.}
To go slower than others and be far behind them.
When the campers took a hike in the woods, two boys fell behind and got lost.
Frank's lessons were too hard for him, and he soon fell behind the rest of the class.
* /Mary […]
[fall by the wayside] also [drop by the wayside] {v. phr.}
To give up or fail before the finish.
The boys tried to make a 50-mile hike, but most of them fell by the wayside.
* /George, Harry, and John entered college to become teachers, but Harry […]
[fall down on the job] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To fail to work well.
The boss was disappointed when his workers fell down on the job.
[fall due] or [come] or [become due] {v. phr.}
To reach the time when a bill or invoice is to be paid.
Our car payment falls due on the first of every month.
[fall flat] {v.}, {informal}
To be a failure; fail.
The party fell flat because of the rain.
His joke fell flat because no one understood it.
[fall for] {v.}, {slang}
1. To begin to like very much.
Dick fell for baseball when he was a little boy.
2. To begin to love (a boy or a girl.)
Helen was a very pretty girl and people were not surprised that Bill fell for her.
3. To believe […]
[fall from grace] {v. phr.}
To go back to a bad way of behaving; do something bad again.
The boys behaved well during dinner until they fell from grace by eating their dessert with their fingers instead of their forks.
* /The boy fell from grace […]
[fall guy] {n.}, {slang}
The "patsy" in an illegal transaction; a sucker; a dupe; the person who takes the punishment others deserve.
* /When the Savings and Loan Bank failed, due to embezzlement, the vice president had to be the fall guy, saving the […]