topple down

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topple down

1. To lean or totter and fall down; to collapse. The strong winds caused a number of buildings in the city to topple down. Someone knocked into the old lady, and she toppled down on the sidewalk.
2. To cause someone or something to lean or totter and fall down; to cause someone or something to collapse. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "topple" and "down." The child toppled the blocks down with a kick. The performer lost control of his unicycle and toppled down a bunch of people in the audience.
See also: down, topple
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

topple something down

to cause a stack of something to crumple and fall down. The earthquake toppled the chimney down. The hurricane toppled down the weakest buildings.
See also: down, topple

topple down

[for a stack of something] to crumple and fall down. The chimney toppled down in the earthquake. The woodpile toppled down during the night and scared us all to death.
See also: down, topple
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • come a gutser
  • come a-cropper
  • come a cropper
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • be down to something
  • be down to (do something)
  • bog
  • bog down
  • bogged down
References in periodicals archive
"If rigging in Lahore will prove, the government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will topple down," he said.
They finished third in the League and surrendered their Etisalat Cup crown to bitter Ghusais rivals Al Ahli last week, and Shabab's downfall, despite winning the GCC Champions League earlier in the campaign, echoed last season's late topple down the table to fifth.
"This is the biggest stop on the way to Tripoli, where we will topple down the tyrant and liberate all Libya," Ibrahim said.
Smith went upstairs, but was chased by Mr Hill, who was again struck with the hammer causing him to topple down the stairs, suffering the fractured vertebrae.
He was told the authority had previously been fined pounds 12,000 and ordered to pay pounds 5,000 costs in 2001 for health and safety breaches after allowing asbestos to contaminate a school, and a further pounds 20,000 in 2007 after allowing a crane to topple down a ravine in Chester-le-Street.
Norman Grant, 57, says a hose on his new Dyson shot out and caused him to topple down the stairs at home.
Exiled Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria 'Joma' Sison reiterated Monday that there is no conspiracy between the political opposition and communist insurgents to topple down the Duterte administration.
So far, Sanghu vernacular weekly has alleged that these civil society leaders and media have launched campaign to topple down Oli led government.
Also, they said they reject the general election in two years and vowed to topple down the regime before April 2020.
It further claimed that the Turkish government, due to its priority to topple down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, overlooking ISIL's activities in Turkey.
A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital after being pulled from her car as it threatened to topple down a steep bank.
The privately-owned building, opposite Northumbria University's pounds 100m new City Campus East development, was completely gutted and officers yesterday admitted the burned-out shell could topple down at any stage.
Following the failure of the African Union-brokered roadmap agreement to settle the Sudanese conflict, the Sudan Call forces and the NCF, which was opposed to the political process, agreed to join hands to peacefully topple down the regime of President Omer al-Bashir.
One should not forget that in the past India had played an effective role to forge Sher Bahadur Deuba and Pushpakamal Dahal's alliance to topple down the Oli led government.
For sure, Duterte would not allow any group to topple down our existing government as this will greatly disappoint the more than 16 million voters who elected him as President.