break one's fall

Interrupt a tumble or descent, as in It's a long way down over this cliff, with nothing to break your fall. [Mid-1800s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lucinda	loo-SIN-də (English)	English, Portuguese, Literature
Kajal	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Maynerd	MAY-nərd	English (Rare)
ÇElİK	-	Turkish
Nedelya	-	Bulgarian
Ailen	-	Native American, Mapuche