come crashing down
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: to fall down with a lot of noise and force
The whole stack of cans came crashing down.
—sometimes used figurativelyThe whole theory came crashing down when it was revealed that some of the supporting evidence had been falsified.
His world came crashing down when he lost his job.
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But periodically, chunks of the Red Planet come crashing down on Earth.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
The bleak episode follows a lower-middle-class couple, elementary school teacher Amanda (Jones), and construction worker Mike (Chris O’Dowd), whose lives come crashing down when Amanda is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 14 June 2025
And uncertainty surrounding the tariffs, Trump’s whole economic policy plan could come crashing down.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
Well, that storyline might have already come crashing down.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
The bleak episode follows a lower-middle-class couple, elementary school teacher Amanda (Jones), and construction worker Mike (Chris O’Dowd), whose lives come crashing down when Amanda is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 14 June 2025
And uncertainty surrounding the tariffs, Trump’s whole economic policy plan could come crashing down.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
Well, that storyline might have already come crashing down.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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