FALL OUT Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of fall out

as in to bicker

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

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as in to prove

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

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noun

as in blowback

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Recent Examples of fall out

Verb

The great American debate is falling out of fashion, as more politicians choose to opt out of this most important of political traditions. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 There wasn’t a single member of my family who Diana didn’t fall out with and turn her back on for some time. — Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Noun

This morning, the fallout and likely legal challenges to come. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 The growing power of artificial intelligence makes the potential fallout from cyberattacks greater. — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall out

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Like law enforcement agents everywhere, they’re disposed to bickering about jurisdiction or pumping each other for off-limits information.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
While the boys bicker over stickball rules, old-timers Keith Hernandez, Willie Randolph and Tom Seaver argue from a stoop.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bicker

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Conclave proved an audience hit as well as an award darling, generating over $125 million at the global box office on a $20 million budget.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026
In one of the few wins for the defense, jurors found the state didn’t prove that Facebook made false claims about removing harmful content, including misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.

— Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of prove

Noun

One side effect of this is a new distance from OpenAI, in addition to its existing chilly relationship with Anthropic, and from the growing number of AI employees in Silicon Valley who also support the calls for a slowdown.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
That close connection between computing and memory, which Nvidia and others have only recently shifted toward, had the side effect of making Macs good at AI.

— Stephen Nellis, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of side effect

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Supporters of the plan, led by the Swiss People's Party, which includes members with pro-Russia leanings, argued that the government had gravitated too close to the European Union and NATO, particularly over Russia's war in Ukraine.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Lula, meanwhile, has argued for a more prominent role of the federal government in the fight against organized crime as well as greater coordination between governmental institutions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of argue

Noun

But after six months of boiling, pulping, pressing and tinkering, a project in southeastern Turkey has turned roughly 300 kilograms of the agricultural by-product into sheets that can be stitched, folded, printed, woven and worn.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
The grade, in his classroom, is a by-product of learning rather than a substitute for it.

— Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of by-product

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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025

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