Fall on

verb

Word Frequency: 3.5

Definitions

1.verbTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.

"With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times."

2.verbTo be assigned to; to acquire a new responsibility, duty or burden.

"This decision is important, and it falls on you to make it."

3.verb(of a holiday or event) To occur on a particular day.

"The first day of spring this year will fall on a Tuesday."

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