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Fall on

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Verb
  1. 1
    To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.

    "With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times."

  2. 2
    To be assigned to; to acquire a new responsibility, duty or burden.

    "This decision is important, and it falls on you to make it."

  3. 3
    To occur on a particular day.

    "The first day of spring this year will fall on a Tuesday."

  4. 4
    Of the eyes or gaze: to alight upon.
  5. 5
    To attack (someone); to join an attack on (someone), especially a surprise attack. archaic

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