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Fall in

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Verb
  1. 1
    To collapse inwards. intransitive

    "The heavy rain caused the roof to fall in."

  2. 2
    break down, literally or metaphorically wordnet
  3. 3
    Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank. intransitive

    "His men resumed their muskets and fell in."

  4. 4
    to take one's place in a military formation or line wordnet
  5. 5
    To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.

    "On the death of Mr. B., the annuity, which he had so long received, fell in."

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  1. 6
    become part of; become a member of a group or organization wordnet
  2. 7
    To become operative.

    "The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in."

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