fall in
verb
fell in; fallen in; falling in; falls in
1
: to sink inward
the roof fell in
2
: to take one's proper place in a military formation
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Chamberlain portrayed Father Ralph de Bricassart, a Catholic priest in Australia who falls in love with the beautiful Meggie Cleary, played by Rachel Ward.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Designing Solutions: Learning the discipline of not falling in love with our first ideas.
—Tendayi Viki, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
After the talk, he was approached by a graduate student named Ian Mertz, who’d fallen in love with catalytic computing five years earlier after learning about it as an impressionable young undergrad.
—Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 30 Mar. 2025
Between 6 and 12 inches of rain fell in many parts of South Texas in the past 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Designing Solutions: Learning the discipline of not falling in love with our first ideas.
—Tendayi Viki, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
After the talk, he was approached by a graduate student named Ian Mertz, who’d fallen in love with catalytic computing five years earlier after learning about it as an impressionable young undergrad.
—Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 30 Mar. 2025
Between 6 and 12 inches of rain fell in many parts of South Texas in the past 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Fall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20in. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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