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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2
as in proving
to come to be
I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise
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Recent Examples of falling-out
Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
Derrick McCray, the man in charge of flipping baby back ribs and wings over a hickory live fire, reopened on Lake Avenue over Fourth of July weekend, more than a year after illness and a falling-out with his landlord forced him to shut his 45th Street flagship in Riviera Beach.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Cristobal Tapia de Veer, composer of The White Lotus, also won best original main title theme music following his public falling out with the show’s creator Mike White.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Mayor Adams plans to meet privately next week with Sid Rosenberg, an influential conservative talk radio host who recently had a falling-out with the mayor, but whose sizable audience could be a key voting bloc for him in November’s election.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
Derrick McCray, the man in charge of flipping baby back ribs and wings over a hickory live fire, reopened on Lake Avenue over Fourth of July weekend, more than a year after illness and a falling-out with his landlord forced him to shut his 45th Street flagship in Riviera Beach.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Verb
As McLaren has ascended, Red Bull has been caught out this season, struggling to field a consistent race-winning car and falling out of both title races, despite some phenomenal performances from Verstappen.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Cristobal Tapia de Veer, composer of The White Lotus, also won best original main title theme music following his public falling out with the show’s creator Mike White.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falling-out
Noun
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Student accused of mocking Charlie Kirk death Camryn Giselle Booker, a student at Texas Tech University, was arrested on charges of assault after an altercation with students mourning the death of Charlie Kirk.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Campus police arrested a student at Texas Tech University in connection to an altercation with students who were mourning the death of Charlie Kirk, officials confirmed.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Coaches are also bickering about money, a topic that would have felt out of place 10 years ago.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The casting here is perfection itself, with Cumberbatch and Colman bickering back and forth with all the drawing-room style of a new age Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall, or maybe the Burton and Taylor of The Taming of the Shrew with a dab of Virginia Woolf.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Julia Roberts and Emma Roberts are proving to have more than just their last name in common.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Finally, partnerships are proving to be the winning component.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, lovers’ quarrels or difficulty dealing with children (hissy fits or meltdowns) might occur.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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The outcome of that long-simmering family quarrel is never really in much doubt, but there are still a few neat surprises involving a couple of rare bottles of whiskey and the fate of two family businesses.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The approximate number of Americans who died fighting the Nazis in World War II.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Proctor also investigated the Walshe case and other criminal cases in Norfolk County and those defense attorneys are fighting to get information from Proctor’s phone backup archives that could exonerate their clients.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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They are served staright after coming out of the oven.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Then coming out, winning the game, especially after that Super Bowl win?—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The dispute was heard by an arbitrator (and not a judge) because, per SPAC language and accompanying NBPA regulations, player-agent disputes are subject to arbitration.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The dishwasher was made in America, though there is some dispute over who did it.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Who doesn’t have childhood memories of arguing about Boardwalk and Park Place until the popcorn bowl got knocked over during an evening of wholesome family entertainment?—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Sep. 2025
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In one video, a female student and the professor can be heard arguing over gender identity being taught in a children’s literature class.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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