fall over

English

Verb

fall over (third-person singular simple present falls over, present participle falling over, simple past fell over, past participle fallen over)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.
2. (intransitive, idiomatic) Of an argument, to fail to be valid.
3. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal, computing) Of a computer program or system, to crash.

Derived terms

• fall over backward, fall over backwards
• fall over oneself
• fall over one's feet

Anagrams

• overfall