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fell into one's lap

fell into one's lap is the simple past 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 fell into one's lap

What is fell into one's lap the simple past of?
Fell into one's lap is the simple past of fall into someone's lap.

Words near fell into one's lap in the dictionary

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

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