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
(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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The yellow peaches just reaching that delicate blend of sweet and tart will fall to the ground, unpicked.

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A City source says: "You're always heart in mouth, waiting for the next wacky idea, or for him to say something crazy that is going to impact your business, a $10bn deal that's on the slate, and you are three quarters of the way there – suddenly he'll say something that can make it fall to bits overnight."

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World number one Scottie Scheffler carded his best round of the week, a level-par 70, but is eight shots off the lead, while Rory McIlroy hit a 74 to fall to 10 over.

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Ukraine has no specialist war crimes courts, so the cases generally fall to whichever court is local to the offence.

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It may fall to state prosecutors to dig into the issue, Cummings said.

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