VERB
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become part of; become a member of a group or organization
He joined the Communist Party as a young man -
break down, literally or metaphorically
The wall collapsed
The business collapsed
The wall gave in
The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
The dam broke
The roof collapsed -
to take one's place in a military formation or line
Troops fall in!
How To Use fall in In A Sentence
- I befriended a couple of the kids, and together we built a raft that we would row down the Dodder as far as the great waterfall in Donnybrook.
- The huge fall in exports has done a great deal of harm to the economy.
- The huge fall in exports has done a great deal of harm to the economy.
- The huge fall in exports has done a great deal of harm to the economy.
- The fall in popularity of the death's head and the subsequent prevalence of the cherub was a reflection of the Great Awakening and the belief in the immortality of the soul: "Cherubs reflect a stress on resurrection, while death's heads emphasize the mortality of man. Headstones for Dummies, the New York Edition
- If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- The unpleasant truth is that hiding behind private ownership only hides the fall in value from people who choose not to look.
- As the scores indicate - typically gelid to frozen - the shots seem to fall in the unflattering to outright frightening range.
- It caused differential melting and sublimation on the surface, according to the patterns it happened to fall in and the mixes of ices it clung to, until it was washed away or encysted. The Clique
- This may be because the credulousness that goes hand in hand with little experience allows one to fall in love merely with appearances, and winter is beautiful. The Fire We Tend Against Winter