fall out
verb
Definition of fall out
intransitive verb
1 : quarrel; also : to cut off relations over a quarrel former friends who have fallen out
2 : turn out, happen expected to be in the States … , but things fell out otherwise — Mark Twain
3a : to leave one's place in the ranksb : to leave a building in order to take one's place in a military formation
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Examples of fall out in a Sentence
club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars
I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise.
15th Century
First Known Use of fall out
15th century
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