break one's fall
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Verb[edit]
break one's fall (third-person singular simple present breaks one's fall, present participle breaking one's fall, simple past broke one's fall, past participle broken one's fall)
- To provide alleviation to prevent someone from slamming into the ground at full speed.
- A pile of leaves broke my fall when I slipped off the roof of the shed.