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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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Recent Examples of fall out
Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
After some years of power-sharing, Khan fell out of favor with the military establishment and was ousted from office after a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April 2022.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
Best for those whose skin does well with face and body oils (castor oil can be heavy), this is excellent to transform dry, brittle lashes prone to fallout or breakage.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fall out
Verb
Jared Leucke said on the 911 call that his father shoved him, causing his knife to fall out of his pocket.
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In the fallout, the close relationship between Perez and Albritton frayed.
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Verb
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Someone on the bench started bickering with Cameroon’s first goalscorer, Junior Tchamadeu, during a break in play.—
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The Federal Reserve chair and the president stood stiffly, side by side, in matching hard hats, bickering on a building site, for all the world to see.—
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But the Red Sox destroyed and ended their relationship with their only true power hitter and proven winner for a player who, though an undeniably excellent addition, was here for 117 total games.—
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She's proved it many times, including as last year's Golden Globes host.—
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In 2014, then-Councilor Wu famously cast her vote to help a conservative candidate, Bill Linehan, get elected president, drawing blowback from progressives.—
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But if there is blowback in Moscow over an apparent diplomatic setback, the Kremlin appears keen to keep any internal squabbles out of public view.—
Verb
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Barton gave the jury the impression of a man prepared to go into daily combat on numerous fronts, constantly fighting one battle after another, in service of his principles.—
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Players fought, fought, fought, gave us every chance in the world.—
Noun
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Luckily, a side effect of knuckle cracking is not the bends—or even a case of arthritis.—
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The [rare side effect was] quickly picked up, and the vaccine was off the market within a little over a year.—
Verb
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The conviction was later vacated in 2016, after a new legal team argued that Max’s original trial lawyer had a conflict of interest in the case.—
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Schumer on Saturday persisted in arguing that Republicans should accept a one-year extension of the subsidies before negotiating the future of the tax credits.—
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Clean energy from toxic waste Bio-tar – the thick liquid by-product produced when heating biomass and organic matter – has long been viewed as toxic to the environment and an unavoidable cost of renewable energy production.—
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Meteor Showers in Dark Sky Parks Most meteor showers are the by-products of comets, except for the Geminids, which is a by-product of an asteroid.—
Verb
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Callie and Arizona: Another couple spatting over kids.—
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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.—
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“Fall out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20out. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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