Fall
Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
How words are described
| human | human fall | human stop |
| old | old fall | old stop |
| good | good fall | good stop |
| female | female fall | female stop |
| Other adjectives: safe, long, short, complete, true, dead, single, small, entire, hard, big, great, serious, little, bad, final, last, several, giant, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The credits still play if you didn't complete all the remixes required, but you'll stop and fall down at the end.
Source: Video Game / Rhythm Heaven - An object that's thrown at him with great force will simply stop and fall to the ground.. Insistent Terminology: Alex, calling himself a Jedi.
Source: Literature / Super Powereds -
In Chapter 18 he makes a charging delinquent stop and fall on his butt retreating just by looking at him, and in Chapter 30 he apparently shoots a Hadouken from his fist (probably just a visual representation of the force of his punch).
Source: Awesomeness Is a Force
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