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fall out

verb

Definition of fall out

  1. intransitive verb

  2. 1 :  quarrel; also :  to cut off relations over a quarrel former friends who have fallen out

  3. 2 :  turn out, happen expected to be in the States …  , but things fell out otherwise — Mark Twain

  4. 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

  1. club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars

  2. I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise.

First Known Use of fall out

15th century

fall out Synonyms

Synonyms
altercate, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, argue, 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

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