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fall to

British  

verb

  1. (adverb) to begin some activity, as eating, working, or fighting

  2. (preposition) to devolve on (a person)

    the task fell to me

  3. (of a plan, theory, etc) to be rendered invalid, esp because of lack of necessary information

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fall to Idioms  

  1. Energetically begin an activity, set to work, as in As soon as they had the right tools, they fell to work on the house. This expression is also often used to mean “begin to eat.” Charles Dickens so used it in American Notes (1842): “We fall-to upon these dainties.” [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

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ANZ economist Krystal Tan expects the manufacturing PMI to fall to 49.0 from 49.3, and the non-manufacturing PMI to edge down to 49.3 from 49.4.

From The Wall Street Journal

Inflation is set to fall to target this year, but prices are in many cases still outpacing wage growth, leaving households hesitant to spend.

From The Wall Street Journal

The layoffs will mean the headcount at the company - which owns Square, CashApp and Tidal - will fall to less than 6,000 from 10,000.

From BBC

While the valuation premium was as high as 70% in 2024, it’s now 40%, and could fall to, say, 20%, per Baker.

From MarketWatch

Rising memory costs, driven by AI demand, threaten hardware margins; Dell’s fourth-quarter gross margins are projected to fall to 20.3% from 24.3%.

From Barron's

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