fall out

1 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 Synonyms altercate, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, argue, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangleRelated Words challenge, dare, defy; clash, contend, contest, tangle; cavil, fuss, nitpick; consider, debate, discuss; kick, object, protestNear Antonyms coexist, get along; accept, agree, assent, concur, consent

2 to come to be I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise Synonyms come out, pan out, prove, shake out, turn outRelated Words develop, emerge, evolve, germinate, play out, unfold, work out