fall on
verb
variants
or fall upon
fell on or fell upon; fallen on or fallen upon; falling on or falling upon; falls on or falls upon
: to meet with
fell on hard times
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This year Cinco de Mayo falls on Taco Tuesday and the day after Margarita Monday, making room for extra deals and discounts.
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Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
And that's why the spotlight will fall on Boyle for a while.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
A lot of that falls on the top of the lineup.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Suspicion fell on Duckett, one of the town’s two police officers.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
The case was based on a traffic accident in rural Norfolk in which a car carrying two people snapped a utility pole causing power lines to fall on the vehicle.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
Comey was indicted last fall on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing justice.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Some of those high winds also caused a tree to fall on Carson Kellogg’s home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
In Hobart, a homeowner on Ash Street assessed the damage from a 100-foot maple tree that fell on his home.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
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Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
And that's why the spotlight will fall on Boyle for a while.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
A lot of that falls on the top of the lineup.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Suspicion fell on Duckett, one of the town’s two police officers.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
The case was based on a traffic accident in rural Norfolk in which a car carrying two people snapped a utility pole causing power lines to fall on the vehicle.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
Comey was indicted last fall on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing justice.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Some of those high winds also caused a tree to fall on Carson Kellogg’s home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
In Hobart, a homeowner on Ash Street assessed the damage from a 100-foot maple tree that fell on his home.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Fall on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20on. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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