fall over oneself
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be unusually enthusiastic.
Example Sentences
- "Catholic families in the town were falling over themselves in their anxiety to invite the young Franciscans to come and sit in their parlors and be made much of, with cookies and soft drinks."
- "As long as we don't fall over ourselves to congratulate our adolescent every time she wipes her feet on the mat, a well-placed and consistent "thank you," a compliment, or a sign of appreciation can go a long way."
- "On the contrary, instead of wholeheartedly defending Chase, Marshall fell over himself to accommodate his accusers."
- "Go back in history and it's probably the Victorian era when we last saw five new stations opening within weeks of each other in the West Midlands. Then, private companies were falling over themselves to build new lines and stations serving rapidly growing populations and industry."