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(b) To begin suddenly and
eagerly. "Fall on, and try the appetite to eat."
Dryden. (c) To begin an attack; to
assault; to assail. "Fall on, fall on, and hear
him not." Dryden. (d) To drop on; to
descend on. -- To fall out.
(a) To quarrel; to begin to contend.

A soul exasperated in ills falls out

With everything, its friend, itself.

Addison.

(b) To happen; to befall; to chance.
"There fell out a bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the
mice." L'Estrange. (c) (Mil.) To
leave the ranks, as a soldier. -- To fall
over. (a) To revolt; to desert from one
side to another. (b) To fall beyond.
Shak. -- To fall short, to be deficient;
as, the corn falls short; they all fall short in
duty. -- To fall through, to come to
nothing; to fail; as, the engageent has fallen through. -
- To fall to, to begin.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 39) First and Last Things (page 180) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 352)

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