fell upon

English - Turkish

Definition of fell upon in English Turkish dictionary

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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

Related Terms

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

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.