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
Lasse	LAHS-se (Danish, Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Drago	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Iohannes	-	Biblical Latin
Tsukiko	tsoo-kee-ko	Japanese
Sarnai	-	Mongolian
TorbjØRn	-	Danish, Norwegian