fall on

(also nó fall upon literary useúsáid liteartha) Phrasal VerbBriathra Frásacha 1 (v + prep) start eating sth hungrily transitiveaistreach they fell on the food phlac siad an bia iontu, luigh siad isteach ar an mbia, d'alp siad siar an bia 2 (v + prep) start doing/using sth eagerly transitiveaistreach the mechanics fell on the car thug na meicneoirí faoin gcarr le fonn she fell on the first excuse she could find d'úsáid sí an chéad leithscéal ar chuimhnigh sí air 3 (v + prep) militarymíleata suddenly attack transitiveaistreachionsaigh verb cmutabhair faoi PhrV cmu 4 (v + prep) suddenly seize sb transitiveaistreachbeir ar PhrV cmugreim a fháil ar VP cmu the bullies fell on the boy rug na bulaithe ar an mbuachaill, rug na bulaithe greim ar an mbuachaill 5 (v + prep) suddenly hug transitiveaistreachbeir ar PhrV cmu she fell on him to welcome him home rug sí barróg air le fáilte a chur abhaile roimhe, d'fháisc sí lena hucht é chun fáilte a chur abhaile roimhe 6 (v + prep) eyes: look towards transitiveaistreach his eyes fell on the painting leag sé a shúil ar an bpictiúr, d'amharc sé ar an bpictiúr 7 (v + prep) be responsibility of transitiveaistreach the burden fell on me is ormsa a thit sé, is ar mo chrannsa a thit sé the obligation falls on the employee ar an bhfostaí atá an dualgas→ fall

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