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fell under

fell under is the simple past of fall under.

Meaning of fall under

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To belong to for purposes of categorization.
    • The botany handbooks in the library fall under Plant Biology.

Questions about fell under

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

Words near fell under in the dictionary

  1. fell to
  2. fell to one's knees
  3. fell to pieces
  4. fell to the ground
  5. fell together
  6. fell under
  7. fell up
  8. fell upon
  9. fell victim
  10. fell-field
  11. fell-fields

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