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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Worse, Pierce was ill-prepared for the permanent job of managing a team and had a falling-out with star receiver Davante Adams as the Raiders lost 12 of their first 14 games.
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Vic Tafur, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Other documents showed Epstein tried to mediate a falling-out between Gates and an adviser, Boris Nikolic, in 2013.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Twitter is now named X and owned by Elon Musk, who led the president’s cost-cutting team during the first months of the second term and has returned to the president’s orbit after a brief falling-out.
—Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
After the essay went viral, sources around Tisdale French and her former mom group have shed light on the real reasons behind their falling-out.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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Vic Tafur, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Other documents showed Epstein tried to mediate a falling-out between Gates and an adviser, Boris Nikolic, in 2013.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Twitter is now named X and owned by Elon Musk, who led the president’s cost-cutting team during the first months of the second term and has returned to the president’s orbit after a brief falling-out.
—Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
After the essay went viral, sources around Tisdale French and her former mom group have shed light on the real reasons behind their falling-out.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Falling-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falling-out. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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