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
Edita	-	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Elsa	EL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian
Binay	-	Bengali
Hannelore	HAH-ne-lo-rə	German
Leroy	[lə'rɔi]
Ethelbert	-	English