verb
- Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
- usage: "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
- Be the essential element.
- usage: "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
- Fall from clouds.
- usage: "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
- synonyms: precipitate, fall
- Get sick.
- usage: "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
- synonyms: sicken
- Criticize or reprimand harshly.
- usage: "The critics came down hard on the new play"
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