FALL OUT Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of fall out

as in to bicker

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 to prove

to come to be I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise

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noun

as in blowback

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Verb

And, as intended, over the years, the issue has fallen out of focus. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 July 2026 There’s an obvious downside, of course, if the Sox bullpen couldn’t pick up the slack after losing one or both veteran relievers and the team fell out of contention. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

Noun

But that might not be enough to mitigate what could be a public relations fallout, Isle argues. — Martina Di Licosa, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Actual docuseries about the fallout and investigation into one of the most serious terrorist attacks in history. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for fall out

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Verb

After bickering with Percy over her involvement in the mission, Thalia ultimately drives away from the scene.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026
Establishment figures such as Jeffries and the party’s 2028 presidential candidates will need to grasp that the relationship between the DSA and the Democratic Party is not one of occasionally bickering siblings, but of parasite and host.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Definition of bicker

Verb

Unfamiliar Hungarian names from the nearby vineyards on the wine list can prove a revelation—in a good way—at lunch or dinner.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
But Covid-19 vaccines have consistently proved to provide significant protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of prove

Noun

No commissioner — not Silver, not Goodell, not anyone — could have stopped the ugly blowback directed at Thomas following her flagrant foul against Clark.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Willett faced some blowback after touting an endorsement from Eric DeValkenaere, the first Kansas City police officer ever convicted for killing a Black man.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

Definition of blowback

Verb

If your body has been asking you in a few ways to slow down (like feeling a cough coming on, or a tiredness that won’t shake off), stop fighting against what your body or heart is trying to tell you.

— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026
Only one helicopter was able to scoop water from the sea to fight the blaze.

— Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of fight

Noun

And neither happens easily in organizations that treat the human experience of change as a side effect to be managed rather than a reality to be understood.

— Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Its results have sparked a flurry of activity as physicists try to determine whether the conflicting measurements are a side effect of different experimental procedures, or a sign that new particles are popping up after all.

— Matt von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 29 July 2026

Definition of side effect

Verb

That’s why the oil market may be underpricing that risk, argued Tompkins.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The more pragmatic camp argues that maintaining unity during the war requires addressing the public's unhappiness over the economy as well as political and social repression.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of argue

Noun

Boeing went from the world’s most trusted manufacturer to a cautionary tale because the numbers became the motivation rather than the by-product.

— Dr. Beh Chun Chuan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Ungrounding is not a by-product of military confrontation but rather its aim.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of by-product

Verb

Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025

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