10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALL OVER ONESELF»
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fall over oneself in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Fall all over oneself or fall over oneself or fall over backward: to display great or
excessive eagerness — fall apart: disintegrate: to succumb to mental or
emotional stress: breakdown — fall behind: to lag behind: to be in arrears — fall
between ...
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Concise English Dictionary
fall over backwards see backwards under back; fall over oneself (coll.) to put
oneself about, to be in great haste or eagerness (to do something); fall short to
tum out to be short or insufficient: to become used up: to fail to attain or reach
what is ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... to go to sleep (Scot); fall over backwards sec backwards under back: fall over
oneself (colloq) to take a lot of trouble, to be in great haste or eagerness (to do
something); fall short to turn out to be short or insufficient; to become used up: to
fail ...
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
(2). fall over backwards v. see BEND OVER BACKWARDS v. fall over oneself v. [
20C+] to go out of one's way to do something (usu. altruistic). fall partner n. [
1950s+] (US Und.) one of 2 or more people who are arrested or sentenced to
prison ...
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New American Roget's College Thesaurus in Dictionary Form ...
Verbs—1, exert oneself, put one's back to it, go to or take the trouble, set or put
one's hand to, roll up one's sleeves, strive, strain, pull, tug, ply, struggle, try; lay,
fall, or turn to; fall over oneself, fall over backward, sink one's teeth into, go out of
...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
fall over oneself or fall over backwards (coll) to be eager (to please, etc.). — v fall
through (of a plan, etc.) to fail; to come to nothing. — v fall to 1 (intr) to begin
eating. 2 (tr) to start: fall to work. 3 (tr) to become the job or duty of. — fall to
pieces or ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
fall head over heels to fall hopelessly (in love). • fall on one's feet 1 to come out of
a difficult situation advantageously. 2 to gain an unexpectedly good fortune. • fall
over oneself or fall over backwards colloq to be strenuously or noticeably eager ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
Mrs. Jenkins missed her footing and fell over. fall over oneself to do sth bie cope,
bej cmos, perpiqem me mish e me shpirt, bej c'eshte e mundur □ The oil firms
were falling over themselves to obtain concessions from the Government.
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Beyond Phrasal Verbs: Mastering Phrasal Verbs in Context
To fall over oneself means to make a lot of effort to help someone out (the feeling
of this phrase is that someone really wants to please someone else by showing
them how much they want to help or accomplish something for them), as in this ...
fall on deaf ears see cars, fall on one's feet see feet. fall out to quarrel: / have
fallen out with my brother; She and her friends are always falling out. fall over
oneself (in/) to very busy and put oneself to a great deal of trouble (to do
something): As ...
