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--adj. 5 false, counterfeit, forged, sham, fraudulent,
imitation, pinchbeck, bogus, spurious, factitious, Colloq phoney
or US also phony: He escaped the country using a fake passport.
fall v. 1 descend, sink, subside, settle, drop or come (down),
plummet, plunge, dive, (take a) nosedive; cascade: The bucket
fell to the bottom of the well. A meteorite fell on my house.
The water falls 100 metres over the cliff at this point. 2
tumble, trip, stumble, slump, collapse, keel over, topple,
crumple: Mother fell in the kitchen and hurt her knee. 3
diminish, (become) lower, sink, decline, fall or drop off, drop,
decrease, dwindle, subside, come or go down: The price of oil
fell today to a new low. 4 slope, fall away, decline: Beyond
the spinney, the meadow falls towards the river. 5 succumb,
surrender, yield, give up or in, capitulate, be defeated or
conquered, be captured, be taken (captive or prisoner), be
overthrown, come or go to ruin, be destroyed, be lost: The
castle fell after a year's siege. 6 die, perish, drop dead, be
slain or killed: His grandfather fell at the Battle of the
Marne. 7 fall apart. disintegrate, crumble, collapse, fall or
come or go to pieces, break up, be destroyed; break apart,
fragment, shatter: I knew she would fall apart on the witness
stand. The gadget fell apart as soon as we used it. 8 fall back.
retreat, retire, withdraw, draw back; recede: As the enemy
advanced, we fell back. 9 fall back on or upon. have recourse
to, rely or depend on or upon, return to, count on or upon,
resort to, call on or upon, make use of, use, employ: All the
ready ammunition was gone and we had to fall back on our
reserves. 10 fall behind. drop back, trail, lag; be in arrears:
If you fall behind, I'll wait for you. We fell behind in our
mortgage payments. 11 fall down. a collapse, drop: She hit me
so hard that I fell down. b fail, be (found) wanting or
lacking, be unsuccessful, be or prove inadequate or
disappointing: He had to be replaced because he fell down on
the job. 12 fall flat. collapse, fail, Colloq flop, US bomb
(out), lay an egg, go over like a lead balloon: A hit in London
might fall flat in New York. 13 fall for. a fall in love with,
be infatuated with: Some people will fall for anyone who tells
them the right time. b be fooled or duped or taken in or
deceived by, accept, swallow, succumb to, Slang be a sucker for,
US and Canadian be a patsy for: Did Beaseley really fall for
that old confidence trick? 14 fall in. cave in, collapse, sink
inwards: The walls were about to fall in on us. 15 fall in