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Definition of to-fall-on in Italian English dictionary
- To fall on; to experience; to suffer
With the rise of the Internet, some media fell upon hard times.
- literary to suddenly attack or get hold of someone: Some of the older boys fell on him and broke his glasses
- literary to eagerly start eating or using something: She fell on the food as if she hadn’t eaten for days
- 1. attack fiercely or unexpectedly. 2. (of someone's eyes) be directed towards. 3. meet with: "fell on hard times"
- if a duty or job falls on someone, they are responsible for doing it: The responsibility usually falls on the mother
- find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
- assault, attack; meet with, experience (hard times, etc.); come across, run into
- fall upon