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fall

fall

1 7.3
A wrestling win by holding an opponent's shoulders on the mat
  • noun
  • /fɔl/
  • Specialized
: inmovilización
  • Kaitlyn with a flapjack and flying shoulder tackle for a near fall, but Aksana breaks it up.
  • a near fall
  • take a fall
  • win the fall

Examples

  • Alicia makes the blind tag, sends Layla to the mat, and gets a near fall.

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  • Miz hits a double axe handle off the top rope for a near fall.

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  • Punk is able to drop him with an elbow, and he gets the near fall.

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  • Garnett picked up three takedowns and a near fall in the first period to run away with the win.

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  • RING ANNOUNCER: This match is scheduled for one fall and it's for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

  • The wrestler achieved a swift fall in the final seconds of the match, securing his victory.

  • In the championship, the referee declared a technical fall after one athlete gained a decisive advantage.

  • After three rounds of intense competition, the team celebrated their first fall of the season.

Synonyms

pin
vsfall
3 6.2

Holding an opponent's shoulders on the mat long enough to win a wrestling match

is used for the victory as the outcome rather than the act
pinfall
vsfall
  • Jargon
1 7.7

A wrestling victory when one wrestler holds an opponent's shoulders on the mat

is the action that causes that victory rather than the result

Antonyms

376 1.1

An act of getting away from a place where you are kept or are in danger

Idioms

To become available to people who might use it to harm others

A loss of status and respect after wrongdoing

10 6.5

Stop taking part or trying because of problems

To get something good without effort or planning

To accept what happens and not try to change the result

Children often look and behave like their parents

3 9.9

Things sold or bought secretly because they were stolen

Not get noticed or dealt with

To not be easily fooled because you have experience

To get things someone probably stole and sold cheaply

1 8.6

Continue doing something with energy until you can no longer

Accept a big risk to protect other people

Hug someone tightly because you feel very happy or relieved

Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built

To begin behaving badly again and lose people's respect

To die as a Christian who trusts in God and expects life after death

Fail to reach either goal because you try to do both

1 7.6

To fail badly and embarrass yourself in front of other people

Fail at the final stage after earlier success

To fail completely and feel embarrassed in front of others

To look much less attractive after a sudden change

To die or suddenly lose an important position

To react strongly because something is very funny or surprising

8.8

To go to bed or sleep

6.4

To get something good without trying or expecting it

To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail

To lose your balance and land on your backside in an awkward or embarrassing way

To accept blame or quit a job to protect other people

Compounds

fall guy
  • Informal
20 7.6

A person who others blame so they avoid punishment

free fall
  • Specialized
17 4.0

Movement of something downwards while only gravity pulls it

16 4.6

A sudden large drop in value, often of stocks or prices

Fall of man
  • Literature
1 9.9

A Christian belief that people lose their innocence when they disobey God

Fall of Man
  • Literature
1 8.9

An event in the Bible when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, lost their innocence, and left the Garden

1 6.0

The time when day and night are almost the same length, marking the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere

1 6.0

A moment when a play or show ends and the curtain comes down

1 4.7

A plant that produces flowers in autumn

fall webworm
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A caterpillar that lives in large silk nests on tree branches and eats the leaves in late summer and fall

1 8.1

A small European plant with yellow flowers that blooms in the fall and is now common in North America

fall girl
  • Offensive
1 9.2

A woman who is easily tricked and often blamed for other people's mistakes

fall armyworm
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A caterpillar that eats and destroys corn and other grass crops

fall cankerworm
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A green or brown caterpillar with white stripes that eats tree leaves in autumn

A bush that loses its leaves and has large cone-shaped flowers in fall

A cover that folds down to protect piano keys when not played

Surface Forms

fall singular
falls plural

Etymology

In wrestling a fall is a win by making an opponent go down, and the word comes from old English feallan 'to fall'. So a fall is the act of making someone fall to the mat and lose.