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fall out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fall out

1 to express different opinions about something often angrily

  • club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money theyʼd made washing cars
Synonyms of fall out

altercate, argue, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Words Related to fall out

challenge, dare, defy

clash, contend, contest, tangle

cavil, fuss, nitpick

consider, debate, discuss

kick, object, protest
Phrases Synonymous with fall out

bandy words, butt heads, lock horns, mix it up
Near Antonyms of fall out

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 of fall out

come out, pan out, prove, shake out, turn out
Words Related to fall out

develop, emerge, evolve, germinate, play out, unfold, work out

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