Usually means: Fall down unexpectedly, usually painfully.
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  1. take a spill: Merriam-Webster
  2. take a spill: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. take a spill: Wiktionary

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  1. take a spill: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (take a spill)

▸ verb:  (informal) To trip and fall.

Similar:
trip up, stumble, fall down on, trip, take a fall, snapper, trip over, spill, fall into, tipple, more...

Opposite:
stand upright, remain standing, stay on one's feet

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Similar:
trip up, stumble, fall down on, trip, take a fall, snapper, trip over, spill, fall into, tipple, more...

Opposite:
stand upright, remain standing, stay on one's feet



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