fall upon

Verb

Meaning

find unexpectedly

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

strike discover attain come upon light upon chance on happen upon chance upon harry attack charge hit assault jump storm

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Antonyms

ward garrison guard rampart buckler support

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Hypernyms

find regain

Examples

He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head. Stephen R. Donaldson

I fall upon the thorns of life! Percy Bysshe Shelley

Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out By help of dreams -- can breed such fear and awe As fall upon us often when we look Into our Minds, into the Mind of Man. William Wordsworth

But yet they that have no Science, are in better, and nobler condition with their naturall Prudence; than men, that by their mis-reasoning, or by trusting them that reason wrong, fall upon false and absurd generall rules. Thomas Hobbes

For it is said, "You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him," that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need. Maimonides

The devil places a pillow for a drunken man to fall upon. Canadian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fall under fall under someone's control fall up fall vertically fall victim fall victim to