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
My mind is drawn different ways; I fall headlong out of my ideal world, if a holed stocking remind me of the real world.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle
The moment would come when she must fall headlong.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
At once there flashed into Brougham's mind remembrance of the death pact, and he leaped from the bath, only to lose all consciousness and fall headlong to the floor.
From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce
Twenty-four hours after he had seen Stoner fall headlong into Hobwick Quarry, Mallalieu made up his mind for flight.
From The Borough Treasurer by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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