Fall Out (Verb)
Meaning 1
Come off; "His hair and teeth fell out".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The buttons fell out of her torn jacket as she ran down the hallway.
- After the chemotherapy treatment, his hair fell out in large clumps.
- As she aged, her teeth began to fall out, making it difficult for her to eat.
- The loose screw fell out of the old toy, exposing its mechanical insides.
- Her crown fell out during the school play, and the whole audience gasped in shock.
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Meaning 2
Leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The squad leader gave the order to fall out and the soldiers quickly dispersed.
- After a long period of standing at attention, the general allowed the troops to fall out and rest.
- When the ceremony ended the soldiers fell out and headed back to their barracks for some well-deserved rest.
- As the commander finished speaking the soldiers were told to fall out and prepare for their next assignment.
- The drill sergeant yelled 'fall out' and the platoon immediately stopped and stood at ease.
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Meaning 3
Have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- They fell out after he discovered his business partner had been embezzling company funds for years.
- The two celebrities fell out in a public row on social media, with neither backing down.
- She fell out with her brother after he didn't attend her wedding despite being invited.
- The neighboring countries have fallen out over a longstanding territorial dispute.
- The band members fell out after their lead singer decided to pursue a solo career without consulting the rest of the group.
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Meaning 4
Come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The events of the story fall out in a sequence that is easy to follow.
- From these results, it naturally falls out that the product is viable.
- It falls out that the square of the sum of two numbers can also be calculated by this method.
- For these operations to be possible, it must fall out that the quantity is conserved.
- The pattern and rules which govern human language fall out as an inevitable result of attempting to communicate.
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Meaning 5
Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- As events began to fall out, the group realized the trip was going to be more complicated than expected.
- The emergency drill fell out without any major issues.
- Whatever happened that day fell out in such a way that no one got hurt.
- As expected, the merger fell out due to complications in the negotiations.
- It turned out that the important announcement fell out on a quiet Tuesday afternoon.
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- Coincide
- Result
- Materialize
- Befall
- Backfire
- Chance
- Develop
- Come Up
- Strike
- Repeat
- Contemporise
- Anticipate
- Arise
- Intervene
- Concur
- Recrudesce
- Go
- Roll Around
- Shine
- Contemporize
- Go Over
- Give
- Supervene
- Proceed
- Fall
- Betide
- Go Off
- Synchronize
- Happen
- Bechance
- Recoil
- Turn Out
- Synchronise
- Materialise
- Break
- Come Around
- Come
- Recur
- Transpire
- Come Off
- Backlash