tumble down
See also: tumbledown
English
editVerb
edittumble down (third-person singular simple present tumbles down, present participle tumbling down, simple past and past participle tumbled down)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To topple, collapse.
- 2009 November 10, Scott A. Sherman, “Offense To Spark Harvard Comeback”, in The Harvard Crimson:
- After its tournament dreams came tumbling down in shocking fashion last March, the Harvard men’s hockey team has high hopes of improving upon the disappointing up-and-down 2008-09 season and making it back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006.
Derived terms
edit- tumbledown (adj)