English-French translations for fall down

• abîmer
• dégringoler
• tomber
  Aussi longtemps qu'il avance, que l'on pédale pour aller de l'avant, tout se passe plus ou moins bien. Mais s'il s'arrête, s'il y a un blocage, on ne peut que tomber - et nous tomberons tous. As long as it is moving, as long as it is pedalling forward, everything is more or less OK, but if it stops, it there is a blockage, if it reaches a stalemate, we fall down, all of us fall down.

Definition of fall down

• To fall to the ground. To collapse
• To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet

Synonyms

• drop
• fall
• collapse
• fall

Examples

• Ring a-ring o roses, / A pocketful of posies. / A-tishoo! A-tishoo! / We all fall down. — traditional nursery rhyme (British version
• The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall down.
• That is where your reasoning falls down.

Related words

• falls down
• fall down with a crash
• to fall down|to fall
• to fall down with a crash
• fall flat down
• downfall