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What does "fall on" mean?
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Attack suddenly and viciously, as in They fell on the guards and overpowered them. [c. 1400]
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Meet with, encounter, as in They fell on hard times. [Late 1500s]
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Find by chance, discover, as in We fell upon the idea last Saturday night. [Mid-1600s]
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Be the responsibility or duty of someone, as in It fell on Clara to support the entire family. [Mid-1800s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with fall on.
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fall upon.
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