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To become detached or to drop from.
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A button fell off my coat.
Submitted on October 22, 2012
More phrases:
- fall through
- finish off
- fit into
- knock down
- mess up
- potter around
- put away
- round out
- rule out
- run off
- stand back
- stave in
- straighten out
- suck up
- vote out
- all hell breaks loose
- be my guest
- call a spade a spade
- dead on
- fair and square
- for goodness' sake
- from cover to cover
- from time to time
- get off
- give birth
- go out of one's way
- go out on a limb
- green light
- hand in hand
- hang a ralph
- haul his ashes
- have a heart
- in a nutshell
- in the hot seat
- in the works
- keep an eye out
- kick the bucket
- middle ground
- mind one's own business
- move heaven and earth
- muckety muck
- no frills
- object lesson
- old stick
- on edge
- one of those days
- one thousand
- out of one's depth
- out of the question
- out of this world
- party pooper
- play it by ear
- point the finger at
- pull one's head in
- pull one's weight
- pump iron
- ride shotgun
- right on
- rock bottom
- run hot and cold
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