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fall

1. in. to be arrested; to be charged with a crime. (see also fall guy.) I heard that Mooshoo fell. Is that right?

2. n. one’s arrest; being arrested and charged. (Underworld.) Who took the fall for the bank job?

fall

foul/afoul

1. Nautical To collide. Used of vessels.

2. To clash: fell foul of the law.

See:

• a fall guy
• a falling out
• apple does not fall far from the tree
• apple never falls far from the tree
• asleep at the switch
• be as easy as falling off a log
• be coming apart at the seams
• be heading for a fall
• bigger they are, the harder they fall
• bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
• bottom drops out, the
• bottom falls out
• bread always falls on the buttered side
• break (one's) fall
• break fall
• break one's fall
• come to blows
• come up roses
• disappear off the face of the earth
• drop by the wayside
• drop into lap
• drunk as a lord
• easier than falling off a log
• easy as A, B, C
• easy as falling off a log
• easy as pie
• escape the bear and fall to the lion
• fall
• fall (a)foul
• fall (squarely) on (someone's) shoulders
• fall about the place (laughing)
• fall afoul of
• fall all over
• fall all over oneself
• fall apart
• fall asleep
• fall asleep at the switch
• fall asleep at the wheel
• fall at
• fall at the final hurdle
• fall at the first hurdle
• fall at the last hurdle
• fall away
• fall away toward
• fall back
• fall back on
• fall behind
• fall below
• fall beneath
• fall between
• fall between the cracks
• fall between two stools
• fall by
• fall by the wayside
• fall down
• fall down on
• fall down on the job
• fall flat
• fall flat on face
• fall for
• fall for hook, line and sinker
• fall foul of
• fall from
• fall from grace
• fall from power
• fall guy
• fall head over heels
• fall head over heels in love
• fall heir to
• fall ill
• fall in
• fall in a heap
• fall in line
• fall in love
• fall in on
• fall in place
• fall in with
• fall into
• fall into (one's) lap
• fall into a trap
• fall into clutches
• fall into decay
• fall into disfavor
• fall into disgrace
• fall into disuse
• fall into hands
• fall into lap
• fall into line
• fall into place
• fall into the trap of
• fall into the wrong hands
• fall off
• fall off a truck
• fall off off the radar
• fall off perch
• fall off the back of a lorry
• fall off the back of a truck
• fall off the cabbage truck
• fall off the map
• fall off the turnip truck
• fall off the wagon
• fall on
• fall on deaf ears
• fall on face
• fall on hard times
• fall on knees
• fall on one's face
• fall on one's feet
• fall on one's sword
• fall on stony ground
• fall on sword
• fall out
• fall out of bed
• fall out of favor
• fall out of love
• fall out with
• fall outside
• fall over
• fall over backward
• fall over backwards
• fall over oneself
• fall overboard
• fall prey to
• fall short
• fall short of
• fall short of goal
• fall through
• fall through the cracks
• fall through the floor
• fall to
• fall to (one's) knees
• fall to bits
• fall to pieces
• fall toward
• fall under
• fall under spell
• fall under the spell of (someone)
• fall victim
• fall within
• falling down drunk
• falling-down drunk
• falling-out
• falls on deaf ears
• free fall
• go down like ninepins
• go to pieces
• have scales fall from (one's) eyes
• He that is down need fear no fall
• head for a fall
• in the drink
• in the gutter
• land on feet
• let drop
• let the chips fall
• Let the chips fall where they may
• like a ton of bricks
• like falling off (of) a log
• nearly fall off chair
• off the wagon
• on shoulders
• Pride comes before a fall
• Pride goes before a fall
• reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall
• ride for a fall
• riding for a fall
• stand or fall by
• take a fall
• take the fall
• take the fall for
• The bigger they are, the harder they fall
• the bigger they come, the harder they fall
• the bottom drops out of the market
• the curtain comes down on
• the curtain falls
• the roof caves in
• The scales fall from eyes
• United we stand, divided we fall
• wide of the mark