FALL TO Definition & Meaning

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verb

adverb to begin some activity, as eating, working, or fighting
preposition to devolve on (a person)
the task fell to me
fall to the ground
(of a plan, theory, etc) to be rendered invalid, esp because of lack of necessary information

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Idioms and Phrases

Energetically begin an activity, set to work, as in As soon as they had the right tools, they fell to work on the house . This expression is also often used to mean “begin to eat.” Charles Dickens so used it in American Notes (1842): “We fall-to upon these dainties.” [Late 1500s]

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Mortgage brokers told the BBC that if so-called swap rates, which lenders use to price loans, stay as they are then some mortgage rates may fall to as low as 3.79% in the coming weeks.

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The company did a reverse, 20-to-1 share split last fall to comply with Nasdaq listing requirements.

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Although St. Joseph’s agreed last fall to provide emergency abortion care, the hospital has since reversed course, seeking to have the state DOJ suit dismissed on the grounds that compliance infringes on its 1st Amendment right to religious freedom.

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Without Watkins, that role will presumably fall to Smith, the Trojans best on-ball defender.

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The United States saw immediately that there was now a real danger that Greece would fall to the Communists and, by extension, to Soviet control.

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