FALLS OUT Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

falls out

verb

present tense third-person singular of fall out

as in argues

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 proves

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

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Recent Examples of falls out Agents propose the move, make it and book it, and the audit trail falls out as a byproduct instead of getting reconstructed three weeks later. — Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Shake another team’s tree and see if a toolsy player falls out. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 26 June 2026 The mesh is cute and practical — shoppers note that sand easily falls out of it. — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 For fans, the new model promises clearer stakes week to week – not just who wins, but who moves up, who falls out, and who gets another chance. — Kyle Tatelbaum, CNN Money, 23 June 2026 That’s not to nix the idea altogether, but alternative plans need to be explored on the not-so-off chance Minnesota ultimately falls out of the Antetokounmpo sweepstakes. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 May 2026 What if the bottom falls out and mom dies? — Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026 One measure of a diplomat is whether, even when world governance falls out of favor, states still open their doors to you. — Karl Vick, Time, 15 Apr. 2026 When life falls out of sync, there can be dire consequences for health, reproduction, and survival. — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026

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Crump argues that the punch itself is not in dispute, citing an incident report written by Arellano which describes the punch.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
Conventional time-management advice, Schore argues, focuses almost exclusively on visible behaviors—meetings, email volume, scheduling techniques and collaboration practices.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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First Officer Becca Bang (Ariana DeBose) fights to survive a hostile alien past.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
In Westeros, everyone always fights about the Iron Throne—a chair like an iron cowlick, constructed with actual swords seized from vanquished enemies, jutting every which way.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026