fall over sth/sb
literary — phrasal verb with fall /fɔːl/
/fɑːl/ verb (fell, fallen)Definition
› to cover something or someone: A shadow fell over her work and she looked up to see who was there.Covering and adding layers
(Definition of fall over sth/sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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