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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

But Bryan was lost in philosophic contemplation, and the first thing that awakened him to the fact was the slipping of a stone, which caused him to trip and fall headlong over the bank!

From Ungava by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

It seemed to be coming right down upon him, and incontinently he dropped his bacon and set off running, only to fall headlong.

From The Wonderful Visit by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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.

Your steed, though rough-shod, cannot keep His footing on the treacherous rime And may fall headlong any time.

From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry

fall headlong

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