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
Strong	[strɔŋ]
Lysimachus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Aleck	['ælik]
Sonya	SON-yə (English), SAWN-yə (English)	Russian, English
Miu	mee-oo	Japanese
Catina	-	Romanian