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Definition of fall upon phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fall upon

phrasal verb
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fall on/upon somebody/something [no passive] (especially British English)
  1. to attack or take hold of somebody/something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm
    • They fell on him with sticks.
    • The children fell on the food and ate it greedily.
  2. to be the responsibility of somebody
    • The full cost of the wedding fell on us.

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