fall on one's face (English, verb)
expansion: fall on one's face (third-person singular simple present falls on one's face, present participle falling on one's face, simple past fell on one's face, past participle fallen on one's face)
Senses:
glosses: To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: falls on one's face
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: falling on one's face
tags: participle
present
form: fell on one's face
tags: past
form: fallen on one's face
tags: participle
past