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fallen in

fallen in is the past participle of fall in.

Meaning of fall in

Verb

fall in (third-person singular simple present falls in, present participle falling in, simple past fell in, past participle fallen in)

  1. (intransitive) To collapse inwards.
    • The heavy rain caused the roof to fall in.
  2. (intransitive) Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.
    • His men resumed their muskets and fell in.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 68
    1. (intransitive) To take a position.
      • At that point, the Subaru fell in behind the Toyota.
  3. To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
    • On the death of Mr. B., the annuity, which he had so long received, fell in.
  4. To become operative.
    • The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in.1841, Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron and The Comic Dramatists of the Restoration

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What is fallen in the past participle of?
Fallen in is the past participle of fall in.

Words near fallen in in the dictionary

  1. fallen flat on one's face
  2. fallen for
  3. fallen foul
  4. fallen from grace
  5. fallen ill
  6. fallen in
  7. fallen in line
  8. fallen in love
  9. fallen in lust
  10. fallen in with
  11. fallen into

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