tumble down

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tumble down

verb tumbles down · tumbling down · tumbled down

also, figuratively, intransitive To topple, collapse. About the time that Sylla was making ready, to put off with his Forces from Italy, beſides many other Divine Omens which befell Mithridates [VI Eupator] at Pergamos, there goes a ſtory, that the Statue of Victory, with a Crown in her hand, which the Pergamenians by Engines from above let down on him

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verb topple, collapse

中文	跌倒 diēdǎo, 倒塌 dǎotā

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@misc{tumble_down_2026,
  title = {tumble down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tumble%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}