fall out

Definitions

1. 1

   Synonym of falling out (“rift following a disagreement or quarrel”).

   • We had a fall out, couldn't come to terms and haven't talked since.
   • I've had a fall out with Nora, one of my tenants. She's packing up and leaving at this very moment.
2. 2

   To come out of something by falling.

   • I opened the cupboard and a can fell out onto my foot.
   • Part of No. 10 platform at Kings Cross was cordoned off on August 23 after a container of radio-active material had fallen from a trolley. The special box in which it was packed split open, allowing the container to fall out.
3. 3

   To cease to be on friendly terms.

   • Dave and I fell out after a long argument.
   • Before the incident Robins had fallen out with Knutton, 30. Knutton had made a complaint over Robins' boyfriend.
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   1. 4

      To leave one's place in the current formation of ranks in order to take one's place in a…

      To leave one's place in the current formation of ranks in order to take one's place in a new formation.

   2. 5

      To leave one's current location to report for duty at a new location.

      • The company fell out for an artillery drill.
   3. 6

      To pass out.

   4. 7

      To turn out, happen.

      • Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
      • I expected to be in the States long before this, but things fell out otherwise.
      • For days Ailie had an absent eye and a sad face, and it so fell out that in all that time young Heriotside, who had scarce missed a day, was laid up with a broken arm and never came near her.
   5. 8

      To fall off due to the quoins holding it in place having become wet and therefore loose.

   6. 9

      To give way under someone.

      • The board he was walking on fell out.
   7. 10

      To cause someone to slip and/or fall down.

      • The ground fell out from under him.
      • When she left him, his world fell out beneath him.
   8. 11

      To be enthusiastic about something

      To be enthusiastic about something; to laugh very hard.

      • When the band started, everybody fell out.
   9. 12

      To depart.

   10. 13

       To collapse

       To collapse; to pass out from intoxication.

   11. 14

       To be shocked by something.

The neighborhood

• neighborfall away
• neighborfall down
• neighborfall off
• neighborfall out of flesh
• neighborfall out of lease
• neighborfall out upon