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Definitions

fall down

VERB

botch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bobble bumble bungle err flub fumble miscalculate mishandle misjudge mismanage muff screw up

STRONG

blow boggle bollix boot butcher distort flounder mar mend mess misapply misconstrue muddle mutilate patch ruin spoil stumble wreck

WEAK

goof up gum up louse up mess up miscompute misconjecture muck up pull a boner

Antonyms

STRONGEST

do well succeed

STRONG

break build grow help repair

WEAK

accomplish achieve

VERB

call

Synonyms

STRONGEST

play see

STRONG

crash hit

WEAK

come by come over drop by drop in fall by look in on look up pop in run-in stop by stop in swing by

VERB

collapse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break cave in crumple disintegrate drop fail faint founder give way shatter topple weaken

STRONG

bend deflate droop exhaust flag fold give go languish subside succumb tire weary wilt yield

WEAK

belly up conk out crack up flake out give in give out go to pieces keel over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accomplish achieve fix mend straighten strengthen succeed

STRONG

activate create energize grow increase inflate invigorate refresh rise withhold

WEAK

build

VERB

droop

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dangle sag slouch wilt wither

STRONG

bend decline depress diminish drop fade fail faint flag lean loll lop settle sink sling slump subside suspend weaken

WEAK

let down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bloom

STRONG

ascend grow increase rise straighten up strengthen

WEAK

inflate

VERB

flounder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flop stumble wallow

STRONG

blunder bobble flummox fumble grope labor lurch muddle plunge pratfall snafu strive thrash toil toss travail tumble

WEAK

cast about come apart at the seams drop the ball foul up go at backwards go to pieces make a mess of miss one's cue screw up slip up stub one's toe trip up work at

Antonyms

STRONG

idle laze

WEAK

do well succeed

VERB

gum up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bungle

WEAK

ball up blow blunder bobble boggle bollix boot bumble butcher distort err flounder flub foul up fumble goof up louse up make a muck of mar mend mess mess up misapply miscalculate miscompute misconjectu

VERB

implode

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cave in

STRONG

fold

WEAK

fall in fold up

VERB

louse up

Synonyms

WEAK

ball up blow blunder bobble boggle bollix boot bumble bungle butcher distort err flounder flub foul up fumble goof up gum up make a muck of mar mend mess mess up misapply miscalculate miscompute misconjecture misconstrue mishandle misjudge mismanage muck up muddle muff mutilate patch pull a boner ruin screw up spoil stumble wreck

VERB

stumble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bumble careen fall falter flounder hesitate limp lumber lurch shuffle swing waver wobble

STRONG

blunder err muddle pitch reel stammer tilt topple totter trip wallow

WEAK

lose balance

Antonyms

STRONGEST

continue

STRONG

correct fix straighten

WEAK

lose overlook

Example Sentences

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"All those dominoes don't necessarily fall down in that order if Flight into Danger didn't happen."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

I don’t want to have to explain to St. Peter at the Pearly Gates that I died in a fall down the stairs at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

The city worried parts of it might fall down, Eoanna Goodwin, a project manager with the local Recreation & Park Department, said at a public hearing in November.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

While employers are legally required to maintain benefit records, especially for pension and employer-sponsored life insurance, they too can fall down on the job.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

“It is simple to fall down, but the going up requires much giving.”

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

fall down

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