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1842 Brit. Critic Jan. 190 Let him have any number of ideas, he was never..overwhelmed with too much matter. The same power follows him in his devotional compositions; everything falls into place and form like the pieces in a kaleidoscope.

1874 J. Tyndall Addr. Brit. Assoc. 16 The terms of the explanation refuse to fall into place as a physical image.

1945 G. Norwood Pindar 119 This new doctrine reveals the whole poem as a unified work of art, the seemingly irrelevant items falling into place.

1984 G. N. Dove in E. F. Bargainnier Twelve Englishmen of Myst. 186 The classic seven-step plot... Step five is the Dawning Light, in which things begin to fall into place.., followed shortly by the Solution..and the Explanation.

2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 Dec. 9 When he was diagnosed with the disease, he thought back to when he could have been exposed to asbestos dust and it all fell into place.

1886 Sunday at Home 20 Feb. 117/2 Jim died in his sleep..; and it was very quiet in the house for a spell, and then everything fell into place again, and all went on as before.

1906 A. F. Johnston Littl Col.: Maid of Honor (1907) xii. 207 The wedding was all that Mrs. Sherman had planned, everything falling into place as beautifully and naturally as the unfolding of a flower.

1970 Southern Illinoisan 13 Sept. (Football Preview section) a6/1 I came in..thinking I'd burn up the league with my ability, but it wasn't until my second year that things began falling into place for me.

2015 Sc. Sun 6 Apr. 11/2 You spend weeks planning, preparing and rehearsing... And then, on the night, it all falls into place. Mission accomplished, a triumph.