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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fall to (To).
 
To begin [eating, fighting, etc.].   1
        “They sat down … . and without waiting … fell to like commoners after grace.”—Kane: Arctic Explorations, vol. i. chap. xxx. p. 419.
 


 Fall Through (To).Fall Under (To). 

 
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