Fall In

Definition: Fall In

Fall In

Verb

1. Break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice".

2. To take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!".

3. Become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Fall In

Agreement

Verb: be accordant; Adjective: agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate.

Cheapness

Verb: be cheap; Adjective: cost little; come down in price, fall in price.

Concord

Side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be pacified; assent; empathize with, enter into the ideas of, enter into the feelings of; reciprocate.

Conformity

Be regular; Adjective: move in a groove; follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules,obey the rules, obey the precedents; comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with; be guided by, be regulated by; fall into a custom,fall into a usage; follow the fashion, follow the crowd, pass muster, do as others do, hurler avec les loups; stand on ceremony; when in Rome do as the Romans do; go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind; stick to the beaten track; (habit); keep one in countenance.

Consent

Verb: consent; assent; yield assent, admit, allow, concede, grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize, give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection.

Continuity

Verb: follow in a series, form a series; Noun: fall in.

Convergence

Verb: converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with; close with, close in upon; center round, center in; enter in; pour in.

Discovery

Pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across,come onto; meet with, meet up with, fall in with.

Endearment

Fall in love with, win the affections; (love); die for.

Eventuality

Verb: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off; (be past).

Fashion

Follow the fashion, conform to the fashion, fall in with the fashion, follow the trend, follow the crowd; Noun: go with the stream; (conform); savoir vivre, savoir faire; keep up appearances, behave oneself.

Love

Burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored; Adjective: fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire.

Order

Verb: be in order, become in order; Adjective: form, fall in, draw up; arrange itself, range itself, place itself; fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank; rally round.

Presence

Verb: exist in space, be present; Adjective: assister; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there.

Crosswords: Fall In

The Oracle told me that I would fall in love and that that manthat I loved would be the one. So you see, you can't be dead (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Just because you're a big movie star, wild parties, swimming pools, you expect every girl to fall in a dead faint at your feet (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

I thought we had decided not to fall in love (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

Well, you can't control who you fall in love with (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

Did you ever fall in love with an older woman (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Why do they fall in love (Why Do Fools Fall In Love; performing artist: Diana Ross)

But I could fall in love, (I Could Fall in Love; performing artist: Selena)

I'm never gonna fall in love again (I'll Never Fall In Love Again; performing artist: Tom Jones)

No, said I'd never fall in love again (Caught Up in You; performing artist: 38 Special)

To fall in love twice a day (Girls of Summer; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Fall In (1942)

Let's Fall in Love (1933)

Water Fall in the Catskills (1897)

Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)

The Stars Fall In (1977)

Don't Wanna Fall In Love (performing artist: Jane Child)

Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer (performing artist: Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes)

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE� (performing artist: Lettermen� )

LET'S FALL IN LOVE� (performing artist: Peaches & Herb� )

I Could Fall In Love (performing artist: Selena)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Free Fall in Crimson (reference)

• Do Donuts Fall in the Winter? Learn about Winter : Reading, (reference)

• On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold: The Commercial and Social Consequences Which May Ensue, and the Measures which It Invites (reference)

• The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879 (reference)

• How To Get Laid: The Rules On How To Succeed With Women And How To Make Anyone Fall In Love With You (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See (reference)

• Fall in a Hole (reference)

• Ever Fall in Love (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Fall in for soup - company mess. Credit: Library of Congress.

Military subjects. Group of soldiers descending steps to fall in formation. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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It was necessary, in order that the gulf should be closed, that some one should fall in, he or the other

Your eyebrows rise and fall in rhythm

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Health

Most people with Down syndrome have IQ's that fall in the mild to moderate range of retardation. (references)

Orthostatic hypotension is a sudden fall in blood pressure that occurs when a person assumes a standing position. (references)

Furthermore, loss of blood proteins like albumin in the urine can result in a fall in their level in the bloodstream. (references)

Business

A fall in the prices of most spare parts is expected, following the new tax rates. (references)

EGAT thus revised its power development plan (PDP) in 1998 to be in line with the fall in the projected power demand, and again in 1999 to comply with the governments’ newly endorsed master plan for state enterprise reform. (references)

New environmental legislation (introduced over the past two years and in the process of being implemented and refined) will transform the entire industry to fall in line with recognized international practices in water management. (references)

Economic History

Finland

The fall in demand was most pronounced in the wood products industry. (references)

Albania

The IMF attributes the fall in exports to a decline in industrial production. (references)

Seychelles

Overall, this has sparked a recovery in port services following a drastic fall in 1994. (references)

Human Rights

India

They banged my head against the wall." The doctor's report, obtained by a Mumbai newspaper, showed that Yunus's injuries were caused by a blunt instrument, not by a fall in the bathroom as the police claimed. (references)

Political Economy

Iran

Although economic performance had improved somewhat when worldwide oil prices increased, the recent fall in prices has had an adverse effect. (references)

Ghana

The economy grew at a rate of 3.7 percent, up from 3.0 percent in 2000, due to the fall in the world price of gold and cocoa and the fluctuating price of crude oil. (references)

Worker Rights

Dominica

However, minimum wages for most workers fall in a range between $0.74 (EC$2.00) per hour for tourist industry workers to $1.11 (EC$3.00) per hour for occupations such as shop clerks. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "fall in": brigade fall in ♦ fall in a heap ♦ fall in action ♦ fall in battle ♦ fall in flakes ♦ fall in line ♦ fall in love ♦ fall in love with ♦ fall in love with smb. ♦ fall in on ♦ fall in price ♦ fall in prices ♦ fall in showers ♦ fall in step with ♦ fall in temperature ♦ fall in value ♦ fall in with ♦ full fall in series ♦ To fall in ♦ To fall in with. Additional references.

Albanian

vithiset (slip, subside), shembem (be demolished, cave in, drop), rrëzohet (fall to pieces, founder, lop), ndeshem (clash, collide, fight, meet, occur, spar), hyj në rresht (dress). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إنهار (break down, cave, collapse, come down, crack, crash, crock, crumple, drop, fall, founder, go under, perish, plummet, ruin, run down, sink, slough, slump, tumble, tumble down), ‏إنتظم (be organized, dress, embody, parade, register). (various references)

Bulgarian 

срутвам се (break in, calve, collapse, crash, fall down, topple, tumble down), строявам се (range), хлътвам (fall over, sag, settle down, sink). (various references)

Chinese 

崩陷 (cave in). (various references)

Czech

zřítit se (collapse, crash, fall, fall down, have a crash, plummet), seřadit se (line up), potkat (befall, come across, meet), nastoupit (board, commence, get in, get on, light upon, re-enter, succeed). (various references)

Danish

forlove sig med (become engaged with, become the fiacée of, become the fiancé of, fall in love with), forelske sig (fall in love with), prisfald (collapse of prices, setback, sharp fall in prices, slump), prisdyk (collapse of prices, setback, sharp fall in prices, slump), kaskade (cascade, cascade drop, cascade fall, fall drop in series, full fall in series, ladder of drops, ladder of falls, steepped drop, stepped fall), drastisk prisfald (collapse of prices, setback, sharp fall in prices, slump). (various references)

Dutch

in de rý komen (fall into line, form up, line up), in de rý gaan staan (fall into line, form up, line up), aantreden (fall into line, form up, line up). (various references)

Esperanto

enviciĝi (fall into line, form up, line up). (various references)

Finnish

sortua (collapse, crash to the ground, fall, give way, succumb, tumble down), luhistua (be shattered, collapse, come to nothing, fall through, tumble down). (various references)

French

former des rangs, s'effondrer (fall), se mettre en rangs, entrer dans les rangs. (various references)

German

hereinfallen (be had, be taken in, fall for it, flop, to be taken in), einbrechen (break down, break in, break into, break through, burglarize, burgle, cave in, fall, set in), antreten (assemble, assume, begin, come into, compete, enter upon, kick start, line up, match, report, sprint, start, take on, take up, to report, tread down). (various references)

Greek 

καταρρέω (cave in, collapse, crumble, molder, moulder, slump), σωριάζομαι (collapse, slump, slumped in a chair), συντάσσω (compile, compose, draw up, edit, indite, redact, write), λήγω (expire, mature, terminate). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"סת�"ר בשור�" (form a line, line up). (various references)

Hungarian

felsorakozik (align, line up, Marshal, to align, to draw up, to fall in line, to fall into line, to form line, to line up), sorakoztatás (alignment), sorakozó (alignment, assembly, line up, line-up, parade), sorakozás (alignment, parade), megbetegszik (fall ill, fall sick, get ill, sicken, to be taken ill, to break down, to dread falling ill, to dread to fall ill, to fall ill, to fall sick, to get ill, to sicken). (various references)

Indonesian

kasmaran (crazy for somebody, fall in love). (various references)

Italian

franare (collapse, slide down, slip). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

転がり込む (to come to live with, to fall in one's way, to roll in, to tumble into, to visit), 見初める (to fall in love at first sight, to see for the first time), 穴に陥る (to fall in a pit), 穴に嵌まる (to fall in a pit), 惚れる (to be charmed with, to be in love, to fall in love, to lose one's heart to), 恋する (to fall in love with, to love), 恋�'する (to fall in love), � �が下がる (to fall in public esteem, to fall in value), ぽたぽた落ちる (bit by bit, chubby, cloop, crunching sound, dabble in water, fat, having just ..., in large drops, merely, piece by piece, pimples, plop, plump, pop, splash water, spots, to drip down, to fall in drops, to trickle down, trickle down in thick drops, with a pop), 値下がり (a fall in price, price decline), 大好きになる (to come to like a lot, to fall in love), 信�"�がガタ落ち� (a sudden fall in public estimation), 崩れ落ちる (to crumble down, to to fall in, to tumble down). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くずれおちる (to crumble down, to to fall in, to tumble down), ねさがり (a fall in price, price decline), し�"ようがガタおち� (a sudden fall in public estimation), ぽたぽたおちる (to drip down, to fall in drops, to trickle down), ほれる (to be charmed with, to be in love, to fall in love, to lose one's heart to), かぶがさがる (to fall in public esteem, to fall in value), �"いする (to fall in love with, to love), �"い�'する (to fall in love), �"ろがり�"む (to come to live with, to fall in one's way, to roll in, to tumble into, to visit), あなにおちいる (to fall in a pit), あなにはまる (to fall in a pit), みそめる (to fall in love at first sight, to see for the first time), � いすきになる (to come to like a lot, to fall in love). (various references)

Manx

tuittym stiagh (cave in). (various references)

Norwegian

forelske seg i (fall in love with), forelske seg (fall in love with). (various references)

Pig Latin

allfay inay.(various references)

Portuguese

ruir (collapse, topple). (various references)

Romanian

se prãbuşi (come down with a run, crash, crumble, curl up, fall, fall drop through, fall to the ground, founder, go to pieces, ruin, subside, wreck), se alinia (dress). (various references)

Russian 

становиться в строй, обрушиваться, опасть (drop, fall). (various references)

Scottish

snigh (drop, fall in drops, ooze through in drops). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

provaliti (break down, break into, burst in, lance), propasti (fall through, go bust, go down the drain, go to pot, go under, sink), postrojiti se (draw up, line). (various references)

Spanish

formar filas (line up), vender a (dispose of, hawk, mortgage, sell at), vencer (bear down, beat, beat down, best, break, break down, carry, conquer, defeat, discomfit, expire, fall due on, get over, get the best of, get the better of, master, outface, overcome, overpower, tear, win), juntarse (associate, band together, be assembled, coalesce, come together, draw together, gather, gather together, join, pool, tie, unite), hundirse (fall down, founder, give, go, go down, go phut, go under, immerse, live, plunge, sag, sink, slump, subside, tumble down), expirar (come to an end, die, end, end up, expire), encontrarse (be, be found, be located, be situated, clash, collide, come into collision, conflict, convene, crash, cross, dispose, find oneself, lie, meet, meet each other, occur, stand, touch), desplomarse (collapse, come down, pancake, tumble down), desmoronarse (crumble, crumble away, crumble off, decay, fall apart, fall away, fall off, molder, moulder), convenir (agree, answer, arrange, be appropriate, be fitting, be suitable, befit, concur, do, suit), aprobar (adopt, agree, approbate, approve, carry, come, endorse, fall in with, Favor, favour, get through, gown, hold with, indorse, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, pass, receive, support, underwrite, vet, view, welcome), alinearse (dress, form up, justify oneself, line, line up), adherirse (adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, embrace, espouse, latch on to, stick), aceptar (accept, accepts, admit, adopt, agree, allow, digest, embrace, honor, honour, identify, lap up, receive, say yes to, see, take, take in, take on, take up). (various references)

Swedish

falla in i ledet (get into line), falla in (come in, strike in), falla ihop (cave in, collapse, crumple, dilapidate, fall down). (various references)

Turkish

vadesi gelmek (fall due, mature), süresi bitmek, sıraya girmek (line up, queue up), kapılmak (abandon oneself, be drawn to smb., be overcome by, be overcome with, be possessed by, be possessed with, be seized with, be taken with, give free rein to, give rein to, give way, harden, sink into, slide into, surrender), içine düşmek, göçmek (Dent, die, emigrate, go hence, immigrate, migrate, transmigrate, trek), çökmek (abandon, bend, cave, cave in, collapse, come down, cower, crack, crack up, crouch, crumple, crumple up, decline, descend, dip, fall down, fold, fold up, founder, give up, give way, gravitate, renounce, resign, sag, settle, sink, slump, slump down, squat, subside). (various references)

Turkmen 

hopmak (fall off), eсtermek (fell, pour out). (various references)

Ukrainian

провалюватися (fail). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: infall.

-1 letter: final, flail.

-2 letters: alif, anil, fail, fain, fall, fila, fill, flan, lain, naif, nail, nill.

-3 letters: ail, ain, all, ani, fan, fil, fin, ill, lin, nil.

-4 letters: ai, al, an, fa, if, in, la, li, na.

+1 letter: falling, finally, infalls.

+2 letters: fellahin, filmland, flailing, flatline, flatling, landfill, nailfold, rainfall, unfilial, windfall.

+3 letters: befalling, failingly, fallowing, fellating, fellation, filmlands, finically, flagellin, flamingly, flaringly, flatlined, flatliner, flatlines, flatlings, fluxional, gainfully, infalling, landfills, nailfolds, nightfall, painfully, plaintful, rainfalls, refalling, windfalls.

+4 letters: bafflingly, fancifully, fellations, flagellins, flaggingly, flanneling, flatliners, flatlining, flippantly, floodplain, fraxinella, infallible, infallibly, infernally, inflatable, influenzal, informally, leafleting, manifoldly, nightfalls, painfuller, unfilially.