Fall like dominoes In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "fall like dominoes", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2023-08-17 06:08

Meaning of Fall like dominoes

Synonyms:

topple like dominoes , collapse like dominoes

Fall like dominoes simile verb phrase

literal meaning

Fall in a sequence

The bottles have fallen like dominoes after a strong wind.

figurative meaning

Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially

Other opponents has fallen like dominoes when playing against the Russian player.

Other phrases about:

put paid to something

To put an end to something

flake away from (something)

To come off something into flakes or small pieces

go under the wrecking ball

If something "goes under the wrecking ball", it is destroyed or demolished.

take an axe to

To damage or try to damage something, typically refers to intangible things.

drive a coach and horses through something

To destroy an argument, a rule, law, belief or plan; to make something ineffective

Grammar and Usage of Fall like dominoes

Verb Forms

  • fallen like dominoes
  • falling like dominoes
  • falls like dominoes
  • fell like dominoes
  • to fall like dominoes

The verb "fall" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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