Fall
Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.
Looking down is an antonym for fall.
Looking down
Both terms in one sentence
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Gordon from Thomas the Tank Engine can fall into this in most of the episodes due to being too focused on his own importance in The Fat Controller's railway as well as arrogantly looking down on the other engines.
Source: Perpetual Frowner -
You know it's bad when their wives are all betting on who'll be the next one to fall.Peg: [while Al is looking down the business-end of a blowtorch to "see the clog"] Wow... you can almost hear the Looney Tunes theme, can't you?
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While looking down Scrooge gets the idea to pull the carpet out from under Lusene and send him falling straight the floor inside his dissolving suit, a pile of diamonds (the one mineral unaffected by it) breaking his fall.
Source: Pulling the Rug Out
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