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
Celandine	SEL-ən-deen	English (Rare)
Judocus	-	Dutch (Archaic), Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Shay (2)	-	Hebrew
Chikere	-	Western African, Igbo
Pepita	pe-PEE-tah	Spanish
Jozef	YO-zəf (Dutch)	Slovak, Dutch