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Phrase(s): crash down (around someone or something) [and] crash down (about someone or something) 1. [and] crash in (on someone or something)
Lit. [for something] to collapse on someone or something. • The walls crashed in around the burning house. • The branches of the tree crashed down on the roof. • The old barn crashed down. 2. Fig. [for the structure and stability of one’s life] to fall apart. • Her whole life crashed down around her. • Everything he was familiar with crashed down about him.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs