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To become detached or to drop from.
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A button fell off my coat.
Submitted on October 22, 2012
More phrases:
- fall through
- fit into
- hold on
- look forward
- pick up
- put down for
- put off
- quieten down
- ring out
- run through
- run up against
- speak for
- turn out
- wear off
- all very well
- at the ready
- been there, done that
- beside oneself
- by and large
- cutting edge
- dead
- eat one's hat
- even money
- forty winks
- free-for-all
- full speed ahead
- get a handle on
- get somebody's goat
- hand in hand
- have a blast
- in a nutshell
- in detail
- in evidence
- in light of
- in one's cups
- in the hot seat
- keep an eye on
- kindred spirit
- light up
- make an honest woman
- much of a muchness
- night owl
- no biggie
- no holds barred
- nuts and bolts
- of late
- off the mark
- on the spot
- over and over
- pardon my french
- point the finger at
- pull one's head in
- push the envelope
- raise the bar
- right on
- rough trot
- run hot and cold
- see the light
- small fry
- streak of good luck
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