falling on
Dropping down onto
Falling on describes something descending onto or landing upon a surface or person: Rain was falling on the roof.
It extends to abstract burdens or responsibilities that come to rest on someone: The blame fell on her, The task of organizing fell on the youngest member.
To fall on hard times is to encounter difficulty.
To fall on one's sword is to accept blame or sacrifice oneself.
- coincideOccur together in time
- happenCome into being
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- occurCome into being
- responsibilityState of being answerable
reliance · obligation · tumble · collapse · plummet · devolve · attack · duty · align · accountability · drop · synchronize · overlap · consequence · converge · intersect · topple · rest on