fall out

fall out

verb

Definition of FALL OUT

1

to express different opinions about something often angrily <club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars>

Synonyms altercate, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle

Related Words challenge, dare, defy; clash, contend, contest, tangle; cavil, fuss, nitpick; consider, debate, discuss; kick, object, protest

Near Antonyms coexist, get along; accept, agree, assent, concur, consent

2

to come to be <I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise>

Synonyms fall out, pan out, prove, shake out, turn out

Related Words develop, emerge, evolve, germinate, play out, unfold, work out