tumbled

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Nor could Joseph, with all his horsemanship, persuade him to advance; but, without having any regard to the lovely part of the lovely girl which was on his back, he used such agitations, that, had not one of the men come immediately to her assistance, she had, in plain English, tumbled backwards on the ground.

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  1. intransitive verb To perform acrobatic feats such as somersaults, rolls, or twists.
  2. intransitive verb To fall or roll end over end: The kittens tumbled over each other.
  3. intransitive verb To spill or roll out in confusion or disorder: Students tumbled out of the bus.
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  • Then out of the tavern they tumbled, a jumble of chaos, many of them toppling into the canal, others falling and lying flat on their backs where they fell, in the mud, where they would remain insensible until the Cow & Pins opened its doors the next morning. —  Hooting Yard
  • Stocks around the world tumbled, the euro and the pound plunged and bonds rose as governments raced to prop up banks. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Bank of New York Mellon Corp said first-quarter profit fell by more than one-half as fees tumbled, and the bank slashed its dividend 63 percent in an effort to build capital. —  IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Politics & Policy
  • But as credit markets chilled and asset prices tumbled, the big-buck buyers, toes frozen, backed off.
  • The house of cards quickly tumbled, and the aftermath sent Det. —  All articles at Blogcritics
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