Fall down or fall out

Question

Is it correct to say "He fell down from the tree" or we have to use fell out ?. Maybe these two forms are possible? Please explain me :)) thank You.

Answer 1

He fell **out of the tree, wagon, cart, car (the door is open)**.

Fall out implies you are "in something" and you fall out of it. For trees, we typically say to climb a tree, and to be "up in the tree". It is viewed as a "container". Therefore, you fall out of it. It is NOT a two-word verb.

Please note: You can also "fall out" with a group of friends. No longer be friends with them. It is a two-word verb here.

There is also fall off of something: He fell off the roof, he fell off the branch [of a tree where he was sitting], he fell off the pedestal, he fell off the boat. Here, it's OFF, because you are considered to be "on a surface". This is not a two-word verb.

/Fall down/ (a two-word verb) means to fall to the ground or to a surface without the idea of being inside something. He was walking down the street and fell down. The old lady tripped and fell down on the walkway*

However, we would say: He fell down the stairs. In that sense, it's fall and down the stairs and is not a two-word verb.