falling-out
noun
fall·ing-out
ˌfȯ-liŋ-ˈau̇t 
plural fallings-out or falling-outs
: an instance of falling out : quarrel
had a falling-out with his parents
Examples of falling-out in a Sentence
the two friends have been lonely and miserable since they had a falling-out
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Musk, President Trump have public falling-out President Donald Trump's goals for U.S. spaceflight appeared to align strongly with those of Musk after the tech mogul spent millions to help reelect the Republican to a second term in the White House.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Mayor Adams plans to meet privately next week with Sid Rosenberg, an influential conservative talk radio host who recently had a falling-out with the mayor, but whose sizable audience could be a key voting bloc for him in November’s election.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
Derrick McCray, the man in charge of flipping baby back ribs and wings over a hickory live fire, reopened on Lake Avenue over Fourth of July weekend, more than a year after illness and a falling-out with his landlord forced him to shut his 45th Street flagship in Riviera Beach.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Still, any rumors of a falling-out with Sánchez appear to be unfounded.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Mayor Adams plans to meet privately next week with Sid Rosenberg, an influential conservative talk radio host who recently had a falling-out with the mayor, but whose sizable audience could be a key voting bloc for him in November’s election.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
Derrick McCray, the man in charge of flipping baby back ribs and wings over a hickory live fire, reopened on Lake Avenue over Fourth of July weekend, more than a year after illness and a falling-out with his landlord forced him to shut his 45th Street flagship in Riviera Beach.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Still, any rumors of a falling-out with Sánchez appear to be unfounded.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2025
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“Falling-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falling-out. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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