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fall into someone's lap

fall into someone's lap verb: of something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance.

Verb

fall into someone's lap (third-person singular simple present falls into one's lap, present participle falling into one's lap, simple past fell into one's lap, past participle fallen into one's lap)

  1. Of something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance.

Synonyms of fall into someone's lap

Forms of fall into someone's lap

third-person singular presentfalls into one's lap
present participlefalling into one's lap
pastfell into one's lap
past participlefallen into one's lap

Questions about fall into someone's lap

What does fall into someone's lap mean?
Fall into someone's lap means of something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance.
What part of speech is fall into someone's lap?
Fall into someone's lap is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall into someone's lap?
The past tense of fall into someone's lap is fell into one's lap.

Words near fall into someone's lap in the dictionary

  1. fall into
  2. fall into a trap
  3. fall into oneself
  4. fall into place
  5. fall into someone's hands
  6. fall into someone's lap
  7. fall into the wrong hands
  8. fall line
  9. fall lines
  10. fall of man
  11. fall of shot

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