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

From Little Grandmother by May, Sophie

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

With this strap they walk along on the tow-path of the canal, pulling in this way—so that if the cord should break, I should think they would fall headlong on the ground.

From Rollo in Holland by Abbott, Jacob

"We must fall back before them if they push on, and then methinks they might drive us over the brink, so that we fall headlong to the bottom, and break in pieces."

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert