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an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry" fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency" throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern" roll over and over, back and forth fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" cause to topple or tumble by pushing fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down" understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn''t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" |
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