Fall
Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.
Run up
Run up verb - Pile up (debts or scores).
Both terms in one sentence
- Once Kaladin finally understands his Gravity Master abilities and tests changing the direction he can fall, he tries to run up a wall and lands flat on his face.
Source: Epic Fail / Literature -
His trademark gravity-defying attack allows him to run up walls, destroy machine gun turrets (while dodging their fire), disarm pistol-wielding opponents from across the room, fall great distances, shatter steel weapons, and send guards flying.
Source: Artistic License Martial Arts -
The base games both start at the very beginning of the Norman Conquest and run up through 1453, the historical fall of Constantinople, though expansions to the sequel extend the timeline back into Dark Age Europe.
Source: The High Middle Ages
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