The difference between Fall on one's face and Succeed
When used as verbs, fall on one's face means to fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner, whereas succeed means to follow in order.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fall on one's face and Succeed
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Fall on one's face as a verb (idiomatic):
To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner.
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Succeed as a verb:
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
Examples:
"The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne."
"Autumn succeeds summer."
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Succeed as a verb:
To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
Examples:
"The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime."
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Succeed as a verb (obsolete, rare):
To fall heir to; to inherit.
Examples:
"So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king."
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Succeed as a verb:
To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
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Succeed as a verb:
To support; to prosper; to promote.
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Succeed as a verb:
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to. To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
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Succeed as a verb:
To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
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Succeed as a verb:
To go under cover.