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Meanings of take a tumble in English

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Usage of take a tumble in English
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The lenses stay in place if you take a tumble, too.
Wired
2
You'd better take a tumble, or Bergman will let you out.
The Auction Block
3
I am likely to take a tumble, answered Phil, with a short laugh.
The Circus Boys on the Plains; Or, The Young Advance Agents Ahea...
4
I arrived on the scene just in time to see you take a tumble.
Cooking Up Murder
5
She'll take a tumble to herself, said Nat Hicks, sucking in his lips judicially.
Main Street
6
You slip on some stairs, take a tumble to the bottom, and everyone laughs.
Wired
7
Why don't you take a tumble, John, and let go?
Back to the Woods: The Story of a Fall from Grace
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I guess I'm a Jonah, I picked out the wrong moment to take a tumble.
Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
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Yet one day you'll take a tumble and find the weed next to your nose.
The buried giant
10
Only Old Slob never did take a tumble.
The Mountains
11
I lose my balance 70m in, take a tumble and graze my knee, blood trickling sockwards.
The Guardian
12
If Net issues eventually take a tumble the impact could drag down the whole stock market, he said.
Wired
13
If I should let go with one finger or one toe I'd take a tumble through to China.
Boy Scouts in Mexico; Or, On Guard with Uncle Sam
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Stock markets will take a tumble.
The Reality Dysfunction
15
Say, but won't he take a tumble to himself when he finds himself stuck up by two boys?
The Boy Scout Camera Club; Or, the Confession of a Photograph
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Here are a few examples showing that the leading writers now and then take a tumble into this pitfall:
How to Speak and Write Correctly
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