English idioms using 'fall'

ENGLISH VOCABULARY PRACTICE: Idioms using 'fall'
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced

Write the letter of the word(s) that best complete(s) each sentence:

a - fell in with
b - fell out of favor
c - fall on deaf ears
d - fall asleep
e - fall flat on his face
f - fall into the wrong hands
g - fell through
h - fell short of
i - take the fall
j - fall in love

1. Many people believe that their complaints , since the police isn't doing anything about the noise.

2. Jim the wrong crowd. = Jim started hanging out with dangerous people.

3. I usually at around 11:00 PM, and wake up around 7:00 AM.

4. The President was worried that the missiles would .

5. We were all very excited about the movie before it came out, but unfortunately it our expectations ( it wasn't as good as we thought it would be)

6. He is an incurable romantic and tends to with every cute girl he meets.

7. He with the owner of the team after he criticized him for paying his workers too little.

8. I had a plan to go to Europe in the Summer, but it . ( = didn't happen)

9. It looks like the John is going to for this. = It looks like John is going to be punished for this.

10. He's a good friend and I don't want him to . ( = to fail miserably)

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