fall out
— phrasal verb with fall uk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/verb fell, fallen
(TOOTH/HAIR)
If a tooth or your hair falls out, it becomes loose and separates from your mouth or head:
Her baby teeth are starting to fall out.
A side effect of the treatment is that your hair starts to fall out.
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Falling and dropping
- ass
- ass over teakettle idiom
- collapse
- collapse/fall in a heap idiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop like flies idiom
- drop sb/sth off
- fly
- hit the deck idiom
- let go idiom
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- put sth/sb down
- shower
- stumble
- wayside
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(ARGUE)
B2 informal to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them:
He left home after falling out with his parents.
She'd fallen out with her boyfriend over his ex-girlfriend.
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Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- bone
- cat
- conflicting
- contestation
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- have a bone to pick with sb idiom
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slang
- slug
- spar
- split
- wrangle
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(SOLDIERS)
If soldiers fall out, they move out of a line:
"Fall out, men!" shouted the sergeant-major.
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fall in
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Military training & ceremonies
- assault course
- attention
- civil defence
- ease
- fall
- fall in
- fatigue
- garrison
- manoeuvre
- national service
- pass
- pass out
- passing-out
- recon
- reconnaissance
- reveille
- route march
- salute
- tattoo
- troop
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