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fall headlong

VERB

crash

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bump collapse collide ditch dive drop hurtle meet overturn plunge slip smash topple tumble

STRONG

lurch overbalance pancake pitch prang sprawl upset washout

WEAK

bite the dust crash-land drive into fall flat fall prostrate give way go in plough into splash down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend rise

VERB

tumble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

descend dip drop flop go down nose-dive plummet plunge sag skid slip slump spill stumble topple

STRONG

disarrange disarray disorder disturb down flatten floor jumble keel level pitch roll toss trip unsettle upset

WEAK

bowl down bring down do a pratfall go belly up hit the dirt keel over knock down knock over lose footing lose it mess up take a header tip over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend go up increase rise

STRONG

order

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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

I was about to fall headlong into the gaping well, when I was drawn back by a firm and powerful hand.

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules

She groped carefully for the newel-post, for going down was more dangerous than coming up, and she feared she might fall headlong.

From Marjorie's Busy Days by Wells, Carolyn

Willie, who was about to follow, had barely time to spring back and gain a firm footing, when he beheld his brother fall headlong into the smoking ruins below.

From Fighting the Flames by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

I was for some time afraid to move, lest I should fall headlong down.

From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.

fall headlong

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