fall out 1 of 2

verb

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1
as in to bicker
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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2
as in to prove
to come to be I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise

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fallout

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noun

as in blowback

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Recent Examples of fall out
Verb
Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 For example, the Commonwealth has never delineated the exact interval of time between Patrick leaving the home and Clancy falling out the window. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
Plus, our roundtable on all the fallout, just over two months to the midterms. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Now schools and cities are struggling with the financial fallout from settlements. — Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall out
  1. bicker
  2. prove
  3. blowback
  4. fight
  5. side effect
  6. argue
  7. by-product
  8. spat
Verb
  • Kimmel and Damon then bicker over who has a rightful paternal claim to the child, culminating in a pitch-perfect spoof of Maury featuring Short as Povich.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
  • There’s striker Josie Gordon, bickering twin sisters Siobhan and Niamh, glove-shunning goalie Katie ‘Boots’ Quinn and couple Maddie and Margy.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of bicker
Verb
  • Comfort and style aren’t oxymorons, and these pants prove it.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Expressing positive sentiment, such as appreciation, also proved more effective than neutral or negative tones.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of prove
Noun
  • But Callaway and Good Good’s initial statements did little to quell the blowback.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But there were concerns about possible blowback from A24, and the line was removed.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of blowback
Verb
  • Without a clear message from Warsh, investors began to doubt the Fed’s inflation-fighting resolve.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Federal safety investigators urged automakers to give emergency responders better guides on how to fight lithium-ion battery fires.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of fight
Noun
  • Imagine two people reading the same headline about a rare side effect from a new vaccine.
    — Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Her delirium was probably a side effect of her medication, Golding says.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of side effect
Verb
  • Some officials argue that would let Iceland keep control of its waters, since no EU country has fished there for decades.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
  • While that figure was low, the researchers argued that even a small risk of unintended weapons use could be unacceptable in sensitive maritime confrontations.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of argue
Noun
  • The good news, said Helen Lewis in The Atlantic, is that all this drama is a by-product of the league’s astonishing success.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Netflix execs no doubt long ago figured out how to tune out the nattering nabobs of negativism, understanding that such scrutiny — from both consumers and the press — is the unavoidable by-product of success.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of by-product
Verb
  • Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Fall out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20out. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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