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To come out of something by falling.
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I opened the cupboard and a can fell out on to my foot.
Submitted on January 23, 2011
Modified by acronimous on April 11, 2019
More phrases:
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- let up
- look after
- muck in
- pay up
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- run through
- speak up
- stand for
- take in
- take off
- zero in
- zoom past
- all very well
- apple of somebody's eye
- bite one's tongue
- bring owls to athens
- burst someone's bubble
- chow down
- daily grind
- dark horse
- day in, day out
- do-or-die
- ears are burning
- false step
- for the time being
- fresh legs
- from cover to cover
- get somebody's goat
- give somebody pause
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- gold mine
- hand in hand
- if needs be
- in order
- in the nick of time
- keep quiet
- kindred soul
- lion
- lucky break
- make fun of
- much of a muchness
- on a roll
- one fell swoop
- one of those days
- out of the blue
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