catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  cause the downfall of sb./sth. /kˈɔːz ðə dˈaʊnfɔːl ɒv ˌɛsbˈiː ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
  jdn./etw. zu Fall bringen [pol.]
     Synonym: bring down sb./sth.
  
   see: case, cases, subsidy case, at all events, in any event, at any rate, by no means, on no account, not on any account, basket case, worst case, in many instances, where there is a valid reason, be a lost cause