tumble down

See also: tumbledown

English

Verb

tumble 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

tumbledown (adj)

Translations

topple, collapse

Chinese:
Mandarin: 跌倒 (zh) (diēdǎo), 倒塌 (zh) (dǎotā) (of a building)
Finnish: luhistua (fi), sortua (fi)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

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