The word is in the Wiktionary3 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)— English words —- fall␣on␣one's␣sword v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see To commit suicide by allowing one’s body to drop…
- fall␣on␣one's␣sword v. (Idiomatic, by extension) To resign from a job or other position of responsibility, especially when…
- fall␣on␣one's␣sword v. (Idiomatic) To voluntarily take the blame for a situation.
30 English words from 3 English definitionsallowing blame body by␣extension commit commit␣suicide drop especially extension figuratively for from Idiomatic idiomatically job one other other␣than position resign responsibility see situation suicide take than the Used voluntarily when 49 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)all ALL -all all- allo 'allo allo- ess ESS -ess Ess. fal Fal FAL fall Fall fallo Fallon fall␣on LLO Lon Lonon NES ness Ness -ness non non- Non. none nones Nones one -one ones one's ono Ono on␣ones ord Ord SSW sword Sword s-word wor Wor. word Word 28 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)dro DRO drow eno- noll Noll non non- Non. nono no-no no␣no OLL olla ono Ono OWS row Row ROW rows Rows sen Sen SEN Sen. SSE WSS One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)falls␣on␣one's␣sword One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)fell␣on␣one's␣sword One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)falls␣on␣one's␣sword
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