F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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Contents of F:
[fall out] {v.}
1. To happen.
As it fell out, the Harpers were able to sell their old car.
Compare: [TURN OUT] (6).
2. To quarrel; fight; fuss; disagree.
The thieves fell out over the division of the loot.
3. To leave a military formation. […]
[fall over backwards] or [fall over oneself] {v. phr.}
To do everything you can to please someone; try very hard to satisfy someone.
The hotel manager fell over backwards to give the movie star everything she wanted.
* /The boys fell over […]
[fall short] {v.}
To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed.
His jump fell three inches short of the world record.
The movie fell short of expectations.
Contrast: [MEASURE UP].
[fall through] {v.}, {informal}
To fail; be ruined; not happen or be done.
Jim's plans to go to college fell through at the last moment.
Mr. Jones' deal to sell his house fell through.
Contrast: [COME OFF].
[fall to] {v.}
1. To begin to work.
The boys fell to and quickly cut the grass.
Syn.: [TURN TO].
2. To begin to fight.
They took out their swords and fell to.
3. To begin to eat.
The hungry boys fell to before everyone sat down.
4. […]
[fall to pieces] {v. phr.}
To disintegrate; collapse.
After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire started to fall to pieces.
[falling-out] {n.}
Argument; disagreement; quarrel.
Mary and Jane had a falling-out about who owned the book.
The boys had a falling-out when each said that the other had broken the rules.
[fallout] {n.}
1. Result of nuclear explosion; harmful radioactive particles.
Some experts consider fallout as dangerous as the bomb itself.
2. Undesirable aftereffects in general.
* /As a fallout of Watergate, many people lost their faith in […]