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Fall out
noun, verb, slang
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Noun
- 1 Synonym of falling out (“rift following a disagreement or quarrel”).
"We had a fall out, couldn't come to terms and haven't talked since."
Verb
- 1 To come out of something by falling. literally
"I opened the cupboard and a can fell out onto my foot."
- 2 come to pass wordnet
- 3 To cease to be on friendly terms. idiomatic, intransitive
"Dave and I fell out after a long argument."
- 4 have a breach in relations wordnet
- 5 To leave one's place in the current formation of ranks in order to take one's place in a new formation. intransitive, literally
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- 6 leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation wordnet
- 7 To leave one's current location to report for duty at a new location. figuratively, intransitive
"The company fell out for an artillery drill."
- 8 drop out wordnet
- 9 To pass out. dialectal, intransitive
- 10 come as a logical consequence; follow logically wordnet
- 11 To turn out, happen. dated
"Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land."
- 12 To fall off due to the quoins holding it in place having become wet and therefore loose. intransitive, obsolete
- 13 To give way under someone. intransitive
"The board he was walking on fell out."
- 14 To cause someone to slip and/or fall down. figuratively, intransitive, usually
"The ground fell out from under him."
- 15 To be enthusiastic about something; to laugh very hard. intransitive, slang
"When the band started, everybody fell out."
- 16 To depart. intransitive, slang
- 17 To collapse; to pass out from intoxication. intransitive, slang
- 18 To be shocked by something. intransitive, slang
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