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fell silent

fell silent is the simple past of fall silent.

Meaning of fall silent

Verb

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

  1. To become quiet.
    • I've seen the stars fall silent from your eyes / All the sights that I have seen2003, R.E.M., “The Great Beyond”, in In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

Questions about fell silent

What is fell silent the simple past of?
Fell silent is the simple past of fall silent.

Words near fell silent in the dictionary

  1. fell runner
  2. fell runners
  3. fell running
  4. fell short
  5. fell sick
  6. fell silent
  7. fell stitch
  8. fell stitches
  9. fell through
  10. fell through the cracks
  11. fell to

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