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falling out of love

falling out of love is the present participle and gerund of fall out of love.

Meaning of fall out of love

Verb

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

  1. To cease to be in love (with someone).
    • Should it come to pass, however, that we do not satisfy or meet all of each other's needs and fiction arises and we fall out of love, then it is clear thata dreadful mistake was made, we misread the stars, we did not hook up with our one and only perfect match, what we thought was love was not real...2012, M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Questions about falling out of love

What is falling out of love the present participle and gerund of?
Falling out of love is the present participle and gerund of fall out of love.

Words near falling out of love in the dictionary

  1. falling on one's face
  2. falling on one's sword
  3. falling on someone's neck
  4. falling out
  5. falling out of favor
  6. falling out of love
  7. falling out of the ugly tree and hitting every branch
  8. falling out upon
  9. falling outs
  10. falling over
  11. falling over oneself

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