fall in

See also: Fallin, fallin', and fäll in

English

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, military) Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.
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.
   • 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron and The Comic Dramatists of the Restoration:

     The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in.

Derived terms

• fall-in
• falling in

Translations

to collapse inwards

• Finnish: luhistua (fi), romahtaa (fi) (+ optional sisään)

military: to get into position in a rank

• Finnish: järjestyä riviin
• Russian: станови́ться в стро́й n (stanovítʹsja v strój), стро́иться (ru) n (stróitʹsja)
• Thai: จัดแถว (jàt-tɛ̌ɛo)

See also

• fall in age
• fall in flesh
• fall in for
• fall in hand to, fall in hand with
• fall in line
• fall in love
• fall in love with
• fall in mold, fall in mould
• fall in one's road
• fall in one's way
• fall in somebody's heart, fall in someone's heart
• fall in somebody's mind, fall in someone's mind
• fall into one's hands
• fall in two
• fall in upon
• fall in with

Anagrams

• infall