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as in to bicker
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
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Recent Examples of fall out
Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
After some years of power-sharing, Khan fell out of favor with the military establishment and was ousted from office after a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April 2022.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025
The potential international fallout from that attitude came through in a recent meeting of the International Maritime Organization, when US officials successfully campaigned to kill plans to impose a carbon fee on shipping.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Jared Leucke said on the 911 call that his father shoved him, causing his knife to fall out of his pocket.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
After some years of power-sharing, Khan fell out of favor with the military establishment and was ousted from office after a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April 2022.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
Reportedly, there was an attempt to protect them from the fallout.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025
The potential international fallout from that attitude came through in a recent meeting of the International Maritime Organization, when US officials successfully campaigned to kill plans to impose a carbon fee on shipping.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
Verb
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The pair bicker and bond their way through the whimsical Panda Kingdom, a vibrant world that blends the everyday with the extraordinary, carrying animals and humans alike into something at once magical and mundane.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Roberts and Tim Robbins play American journalists in Paris who lose their luggage and bicker over a hotel room and then wind up in bed together.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The middle class, desperate to prove this distinction too, would spend an outsized portion of their income on glimmering dresses and other purchases meant to be seen by others.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In 2014, then-Councilor Wu famously cast her vote to help a conservative candidate, Bill Linehan, get elected president, drawing blowback from progressives.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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But if there is blowback in Moscow over an apparent diplomatic setback, the Kremlin appears keen to keep any internal squabbles out of public view.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Barton gave the jury the impression of a man prepared to go into daily combat on numerous fronts, constantly fighting one battle after another, in service of his principles.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Players fought, fought, fought, gave us every chance in the world.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The success of the track and the music video has had an unusual side effect.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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That side effect was not seen with ALZ-801, which works by preventing amyloid plaques from forming in the first place.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The conviction was later vacated in 2016, after a new legal team argued that Max’s original trial lawyer had a conflict of interest in the case.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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Schumer on Saturday persisted in arguing that Republicans should accept a one-year extension of the subsidies before negotiating the future of the tax credits.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In countries where films have been reduced to mere by-products of the wider audiovisual industry, cinema itself faces an existential threat.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Adding Tren de Aragua to this particular cause was a by-product of the 2024 Presidential campaign.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Callie and Arizona: Another couple spatting over kids.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Fall out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20out. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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