break one's fall (English, verb)
expansion: break one's fall (third-person singular simple present breaks one's fall, present participle breaking one's fall, simple past broke one's fall, past participle broken one's fall)
Senses:
glosses: To provide alleviation to prevent someone from slamming into the ground at full speed; to prevent someone from hitting the ground too hard at the end of a fall.
Forms:
form: breaks one's fall
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breaking one's fall
tags: participle
present
form: broke one's fall
tags: past
form: broken one's fall
tags: participle
past