FALLEN OUT Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

fallen out

verb

past participle of fall out

as in argued

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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as in evolved

to come to be I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise

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Recent Examples of fallen out And yet, despite the tenor of much political commentary right now, the bottom has not yet fallen out of his Presidency. —

Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026 In fact, there are a few materials and finishes that design experts say have officially fallen out of favor in 2026. —

Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 28 Jan. 2026 After a prolonged and public contract negotiation over the summer, Kuminga began the season in the starting lineup but had fallen out of the rotation entirely as the Warriors began to play their best basketball, going 12-4 in 16 games since his last appearance, a brief stint in a loss at Phoenix. —

Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026 Data centers have fallen out of favor in many places where theyâ€™re being built due to concerns about their energy and water usage. —

semafor.com, 21 Jan. 2026 He’s seemingly fallen out of the Spurs’ rotation and is the second-most expensive option here. —

Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026 Gagnon's was the second trade proposal authored by a major outlet Wednesday, in which the Raiders receive incoming draft compensation as part of the acquisition of a quarterback with once high expectations who has fallen out of favor with his current organization. —

Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 The project was greenlit during the COVID-19 pandemic, at a moment when movie musicals were considered risky, and romantic comedies had fallen out of favor. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025 But in the four years since then, he’s gone to jail, fallen out with his former partner-in-rhyme Gunna and made more headlines for being at the center of public messiness than for anything he’s done with his music. —

Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025

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Another lawsuit brought by detainees in federal court in Fort Myers argued that immigration was a federal issue, and Florida agencies and private contractors hired by the state had no authority to operate the facility under federal law.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
So, Hippocrates argued, the illness of epilepsy must be caused, like any other illness, by imbalance, not demons.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026