Phrase guide

fall over one's feet

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To hasten.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a. 1998, Diana Wynne Jones, "The Master", in her own Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories, HarperCollins, →ISBN (2003), page 55, "Show me the rest of the house," I said, to distract him. He fell over his feet to oblige.

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History

Etymology

From the phrase fall over one's feet, meaning stumble.