English Words: F

To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.

To cease to support a person or cause.

To return to old habits; to return to an unhealthy or unhappy situation.

To turn to as a substitute; to rely on as a backup.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, behind.

To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.

To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.

To visit unexpectedly; to arrive for a visit without an invitation.

To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.

The World Series.

The plant Scorzoneroides autumnalis.

To fall to the ground. To collapse.

To fail at or leave incomplete.

To produce no humour, inspiration, etc.

To fall headlong forwards, notionally hitting one's face on the ground.

The brightly colored leaves of deciduous trees that appear in the autumn.

To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).

To collide; to conflict with; to attack (+ on, of, upon)

The loss of one's social position, prestige, status, power, etc.

One who is gullible and easily duped.

To become ill, to get sick, to sicken.

To collapse inwards.

To submit to the rules of a higher authority; obey; conform.

To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.

To develop a purely sexual attraction towards someone.

To join (a group of people).

To go into something by falling.

To make a mistake, a bad decision or act senselessly and get into an extremely difficult situation.

To enter an introspective or meditative state.

To assume a clear and complete form when separate elements come together; to be fully realized at last.

To become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.

The time of the year when deciduous trees shed their leaves in temperate climates; (more generally) autumn.

The side's total score when a particular batsman was out.

To become detached or to drop from.

To suddenly decrease in quantity; to become less popular or successful.

Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally; to have been stolen.

Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.

To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.

Alternative form of fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch.

To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.

To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.

To sacrifice oneself for the sake of others.

To be ignored.

To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner.

Alternative form of land on one's feet.

To resign from a job or other position of responsibility, especially when pressured to do so.

To embrace someone affectionately or thankfully.

Of words, an idea, etc.: to go unheeded.

Synonym of falling out (“rift following a disagreement or quarrel”).

To cease to be in love (with someone).