fall headlong

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Again & again wily Senator Black would trip Witness Hopson up, cause him to fall headlong into puddles of contradiction.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was equally dangerous to remain fixed in space, or to fall headlong upon a planet and be smashed, or be buried miles deep if the projectile did not collapse.

From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Douglass, Ellsworth

He probably had taken deliberate aim at me, and on seeing me almost fall headlong, doubtless gave himself credit for another Yankee sent to "the happy hunting grounds."

From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Stillwell, Leander

It was a wonder they both did not fall headlong, going at such speed.

From Little Grandmother by May, Sophie

Failing, he would fall headlong into the inevitable chopsticks, beating it out with the air of a master.

From Exit Betty by Hill, Grace Livingston