Sekirov Dictionary

break one's fall

verb1

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To provide alleviation to prevent someone from slamming into the ground at full speed; to prevent someone from hitting the ground too hard at the end of a fall.
- A pile of leaves broke my fall when I slipped off the roof of the shed.

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