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falls in

falls in is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about falls in

What is falls in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Falls in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fall in.

Words near falls in in the dictionary

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

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