Word.ws English Dictionary

falling into one's lap

falling into one's lap is the present participle and gerund of fall into someone's lap.

Meaning of fall into someone's lap

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.

Questions about falling into one's lap

What is falling into one's lap the present participle and gerund of?
Falling into one's lap is the present participle and gerund of fall into someone's lap.

Words near falling into one's lap in the dictionary

  1. falling in love
  2. falling in lust
  3. falling in with
  4. falling into
  5. falling into a trap
  6. falling into one's lap
  7. falling into oneself
  8. falling into place
  9. falling into someone's hands
  10. falling into the wrong hands
  11. falling knife

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: falling into one's lap (page history and authors); fall into someone's lap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “falling into one's lap.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/falling_into_one%27s_lap. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.