fall (noun)
91fall — [OE] The verb fall comes from prehistoric Germanic *fallan, which also produced German fallen, Dutch vallen, and Swedish falla. The noun is partly a survival of Old English feall, partly a borrowing from the related Old Norse fall, but probably… …
92fall guy — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fall guy : singular fall guy plural fall guys informal someone who is blamed or punished for something bad that someone else has done …
93fall-back price — / fɔ:l bæk ˌpraɪs/ noun the lowest price which a seller will accept ● The buyer tries to guess the seller’s fall back price. ● The fall back price must not be any lower or there won’t be any profit in the deal …
94fall-off — UK / US noun [singular] a reduction in the amount or level of something a fall off in sales …
95fall-off — /ˈfɔl ɒf/ (say fawl of) noun a decline in performance, numbers, value, etc.: a fall off in sales …
96fall·out — /ˈfɑːlˌaʊt/ noun [noncount] 1 : the radioactive particles that are produced by a nuclear explosion and that fall through the atmosphere radioactive fallout a fallout shelter [=a shelter built underground to protect people from radioactive… …
97fall guy — I slang, victim, scapegoat, dupe. See deception, credulity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. patsy, dupe, scapegoat, victim, *goat, whipping boy. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Slang. One who is made an object of blame: goat, scapegoat,… …
98fall-off — (also falling off) noun a decrease …
99fall guy — /ˈfɔl gaɪ/ (say fawl guy) noun Colloquial an easy victim; scapegoat …
100fall line — /ˈfɔl laɪn/ (say fawl luyn) noun 1. an imaginary line denoting the edge of a plateau or highland area where near parallel rivers descend to a lowland by falls or rapids; it is often marked by a series of industrial centres where waterfalls have… …
