fall foul (English, verb)
expansion: fall foul (third-person singular simple present falls foul, present participle falling foul, simple past fell foul, past participle fallen foul)
Senses:
glosses: To collide; to conflict with; to attack (+ on, of, upon)
tags: archaic
idiomatic
glosses: To be defeated or thwarted (by); to suffer (+ of)
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: falls foul
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: falling foul
tags: participle
present
form: fell foul
tags: past
form: fallen foul
tags: participle
past