fall over one's feet

== English == === Etymology === From the phrase fall over one's feet, meaning stumble. === Verb === fall over one's feet (third-person singular simple present falls over one's feet, present participle falling over one's feet, simple past fell over one's feet, past participle fallen over one's feet) To hasten. a. 1998, Diana Wynne Jones, "The Master", in her own Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories, HarperCollins, →ISBN (2003), page 55, "Show me the rest of the house," I said, to distract him. He fell over his feet to oblige.