fall in

verb

fell in; fallen in; falling in; falls in

intransitive verb

1
: to sink inward
the roof fell in
2
: to take one's proper place in a military formation
Phrases
fall in with
1
: to concur with
had to fall in with her wishes
2
: to harmonize with
it falls in exactly with my views
3
: to begin associating with
she fell in with a bad crowd

Examples of fall in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At a live demonstration last week, many observers compared the AI voice to Johansson's character in Her, a science fiction film about a man who falls in love with the female voice of his computer's operating system. Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 21 May 2024 Karma joined the family in November 2023, after Hargitay's entire household — husband Peter Hermann and their kids, August, Amaya, and Andrew — all fell in love with the feline. Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024 Still, all three Republicans have fallen in line with the former president, even as Trump called on Roth to drop out, in a sign of the direction of the Republican Party as a whole. Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024 At an event last year, OpenAI chief Sam Altman said his favorite science fiction movie was Her, the 2013 film in which a man falls in love with a virtual assistant. Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 20 May 2024 Specifically, the voice seemed aligned with her voice in the film Her, which follows a man that falls in love with the female voice of his computer’s operating system. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024 The agency reported Ella fell in the ocean near Nixon Beach while being towed about a mile from shore and was struck by another vessel at 4:30 p.m. The beach is in Miami-Dade County about 7 miles south of downtown Miami. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024 Deadly overdoses fell in the U.S. for the first time in five years, new estimates show. Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024 Rain has fallen in the metro on 16 of the last 21 days, the weather service said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fall in was in 1719

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“Fall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20in. Accessed 26 May. 2024.

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