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What does fall down mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse.
  2. (nautical) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To fail.
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Off to one side was a gray, derelict, ramshackle house that looked ready to fall down.
The steps were first excavated by local farmers in 1946, but were quickly backfilled for fear that sheep would fall down the hole.
After gliding maybe two steps, we would simultaneously fall down on our behinds.
The force caused a small avalanche of dirt to fall down, nearly landing the girl.
My brother tells me that during the hanami season, the sakura blossoms fall down like snow along this street.
Seldon's authors, half of them academics, half journalists, are competent and fall down only in their often jejune judgments.

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