fell upon

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English - Turkish

Definition of fell upon in English Turkish dictionary

fall upon
-e saldırmak
fall upon
(Dilbilim) rastlamak
fall upon
1. beklenmedik anda saldırmak. 2. (birinin gözleri) bir yöne çevrilmek. 3. -e düşmek, rastlamak
English - English

Definition of fell upon in English English dictionary

fall upon
To fall on; to experience; to suffer

With the rise of the Internet, some media fell upon hard times.

fell back upon
Simple past tense and past participle of fall back upon
fall upon
find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
fall upon
assault, attack; meet with, experience (hard times, etc.); come across, run into
fall upon
literary to suddenly attack or get hold of someone: Some of the older boys fell on him and broke his glasses
fall upon
literary to eagerly start eating or using something: She fell on the food as if she hadn’t eaten for days
fall upon
1. attack fiercely or unexpectedly. 2. (of someone's eyes) be directed towards. 3. meet with: "fell on hard times"
fall upon
if a duty or job falls on someone, they are responsible for doing it: The responsibility usually falls on the mother
the lot fell upon him
he won the lottery, he was chosen in the raffle
fell upon

    Hyphenation

    fell up·on

    Turkish pronunciation

    fel ıpän

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfel əˈpän/ /ˈfɛl əˈpɑːn/

    Etymology

    [ 'fol ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English feallan; akin to Old High German fallan to fall and perhaps to Lithuanian pulti.
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