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idiomdrop/fall like ninepins BrEBrE(also go down like ninepins)used in order to say that many people are falling, becoming ill, or being killed in a short time:We tried to follow the ski instructor, dropping like ninepins at every turn.Men and horses went down like ninepins before the heavy guns of the fort.Note In Britain, 'ninepins' is a game in which you roll a ball at nine bottle-shaped objects to try and knock them down.
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