fall
- noun
- /fɔl/
- Specialized
- 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
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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.
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The wrestler achieved a swift fall in the final seconds of the match, securing his victory.
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In the championship, the referee declared a technical fall after one athlete gained a decisive advantage.
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After three rounds of intense competition, the team celebrated their first fall of the season.
Synonyms
Holding an opponent's shoulders on the mat long enough to win a wrestling match
A wrestling victory when one wrestler holds an opponent's shoulders on the mat
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To accept what happens and not try to change the result
- Informal
To fail completely and feel embarrassed in front of others
Children often look and behave like their parents
- Informal
To react strongly because something is very funny or surprising
- Vulgar
To lose your balance and land on your backside in an awkward or embarrassing way
- Informal
Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built
- Formal
To die as a Christian who trusts in God and expects life after death
To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail
Compounds
- Literature
An event in the Bible when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, lost their innocence, and left the Garden
- Specialized
A green or brown caterpillar with white stripes that eats tree leaves in autumn
A small European plant with yellow flowers that blooms in the fall and is now common in North America
- US
The time when day and night are almost the same length, marking the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere
- Literature
A Christian belief that people lose their innocence when they disobey God
- Specialized
A caterpillar that lives in large silk nests on tree branches and eats the leaves in late summer and fall
A bush that loses its leaves and has large cone-shaped flowers in fall
Surface Forms
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.