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fall
verb- to be arrested US, 1873
- I’ve got a little over 300 bucks stashed in a safe place nearby, the remains of the proceeds from a gas station we pilfered before we fell. — James Blake, The Joint, p. 14, 25 February 1951
- I’d heard that he was busted about 6 months after I fell, but I didn’t know they’d sent him down here. — Clarence Cooper Jr., The Farm, p. 10, 1967
- Even if they stop us, everybody ain’t got to fall. — Donald Goines, El Dorado Red, p. 37, 1974
- I got enough bankroll, if you fall, to raise you for murder one with a telephone call. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Doom Fox, p. 30, 1978
- of police and shop detectives, to arrive AUSTRALIA
- Often in “the law falls (or fell)!”, the police arrive or make a raid. — (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975
- to come; to go US, 1943
- “Let’s fall upstairs,” said the papa bear, “and find out what the skam is.” — Steve Allen, Bop Fables, p. 10, 1955
- “I’ll probably be packing.” “Might fall by.” — Richard Farina, Been Down So Long, p. 23, 1966
- Lar introduced him to Norman (disguised for the occasion in sweatshirt and jeans, and needing a shave) as “a poet friend of mine who just happened to fall by.” — Terry Southern, Now Dig This, p. 242, 2001
- to become pregnant UK, 1722
▶ fall into the bottle
to become a drunkard US- Maybe if I’d talked about it when it happened I wouldn’t have fallen into the bottle. — Robert Campbell, Sweet La-La Land, p. 40, 1990
▶ fall off a mango tree
to be extremely naive TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1991- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ fall off the roof
to start the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, March 1973
▶ fall on the grenade
in a social situation, to pay attention to the less attractive of a pair of friends in the hope that your friend will have success with the more attractive member of the pair US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, October 2002
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