Phrase guide

fall out

noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We had a fall out, couldn't come to terms and haven't talked since.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: falling out

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To come out of something by falling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literally

Examples

  • I opened the cupboard and a can fell out onto my foot.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To cease to be on friendly terms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

  • Dave and I fell out after a long argument.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, literally

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive

Topics: government, military, politics, war

Examples

  • The company fell out for an artillery drill.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To pass out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To turn out, happen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To give way under someone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: Of a trapdoor or similar

Examples

  • The board he was walking on fell out.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drop out

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To cause someone to slip and/or fall down.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive, usually

Qualifier: Of the ground; floor; snow; a worldview or foundation; Of the ground; floor; snow; a worldview or foundation

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drop out

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To be enthusiastic about something; to laugh very hard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

Examples

  • When the band started, everybody fell out.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To depart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To collapse; to pass out from intoxication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To be shocked by something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

come to pass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • What is happening?
  • The meeting took place off without an incidence
  • Nothing occurred that seemed important

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, come about, take place

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: break, recrudesce, develop, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, operate, supervene, proceed, go, come, fall, anticipate, recur, repeat, go off, come off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialize, materialise, befall, bechance, betide, concur, coincide, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, shine, strike, turn out, synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise

16

verb

Meaning 16

have a breach in relations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We fell out over a trivial question

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate

17

verb

Meaning 17

leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the soldiers fell out

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exit, go out, get out, leave

18

verb

Meaning 18

come off

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • His hair and teeth fell out

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: come out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress

19

verb

Meaning 19

come as a logical consequence; follow logically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • It follows that your assertion is false
  • the theorem falls out nicely

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: follow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: result, ensue

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 掉出來 /掉出来 — come out by falling
  • Czech: vypadnout — come out by falling
  • Esperanto: elfali — come out by falling
  • Finnish: pudota — come out by falling
  • Finnish: irrota — come out by falling
  • German: ausfallen — come out by falling
  • German: ausgehen — come out by falling
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (usdriusan) — come out by falling
  • Hungarian: kiesik — come out by falling
  • Hungarian: kihullik — come out by falling
  • Latin: excidō — come out by falling
  • Polish: wypadać — come out by falling
  • Polish: wypaść — come out by falling
  • Russian: выпада́ть (vypadátʹ) — come out by falling
  • Russian: вы́пасть (výpastʹ) — come out by falling
  • Spanish: caerse — come out by falling
  • Swedish: falla ut — come out by falling
  • Armenian: գժտվել (gžtvel) — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Azerbaijani: arası dəymək — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Azerbaijani: bir-birindən küsmək — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Azerbaijani: bir-birindən incimək — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Azerbaijani: küsüşmək — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鬧翻 /闹翻 (nàofān) — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Dutch: in onmin raken — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Esperanto: malamikiĝi — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Finnish: erota — cease to be on friendly terms
  • French: brouiller avec — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Hungarian: összevész — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Hungarian: összeveszik — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Hungarian: hajba kap — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Polish: poróżniać się — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Polish: poróżnić się — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Portuguese: brigar — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Russian: ссо́риться (ssóritʹsja) — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Russian: поссо́риться (possóritʹsja) — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Scottish Gaelic: rach a throd — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Scottish Gaelic: rach a-mach air — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: desavenirse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: desconcertarse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: malquistarse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: cizañarse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: encizañarse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: cizañearse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: querellarse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: desaficionarse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Spanish: cismarse — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Swedish: söndras — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Tagalog: warlahin — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Telugu: విడిపోవు (viḍipōvu) — cease to be on friendly terms
  • Ukrainian: посвари́тися (posvarýtysja) — cease to be on friendly terms