as in altercation
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the two friends have been lonely and miserable since they had a falling-out
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as in bickering
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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as in proving
to come to be
I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 July 2024
Among other thing, this falling-out undercuts fears that… Turkey’s Maturing Foreign Policy
The AKP’s reaction to this spring’s uprisings in the Middle East seemed haphazard at times.
—Mustafa Akyol, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
The public falling-out involved two of Trump’s staunchest Arizona allies.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 23 May 2024
The biggest public falling-out involved Mulkey and Griner, which revealed itself even more while the WNBA star was detained in Russia for nearly 300 days.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2024
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The first season of And Just Like That revealed that Carrie and Samantha had a falling-out before Samantha ultimately relocated to London.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 July 2024
Among other thing, this falling-out undercuts fears that… Turkey’s Maturing Foreign Policy
The AKP’s reaction to this spring’s uprisings in the Middle East seemed haphazard at times.
—Mustafa Akyol, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
The public falling-out involved two of Trump’s staunchest Arizona allies.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 23 May 2024
The biggest public falling-out involved Mulkey and Griner, which revealed itself even more while the WNBA star was detained in Russia for nearly 300 days.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for falling-out
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“Falling-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falling-out. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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