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Fall in

verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically. Synonyms: break, cave in, collapse, founder, give, give way. "The business collapsed" , "The dam broke" , "The roof collapsed" , "The wall gave in" , "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

To take one's place in a military formation or line.

Become part of; become a member of a group or organization. Synonyms: get together, join.

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"Fall in" Quotes from Famous Books

... much as I like Maria, I think he would be the more restful neighbour of the two. What a complete couple they might have made, but that is a bit of drift thought that I have put out of my head, for if any two people ever had a chance this summer to fall in love if they had the capacity, it was Maria and The Man, and the strange part of it is that as far as may be known neither is nourishing the sentiment of a melancholy past and no other present man or woman stands between; perhaps it is some uncanny Opal spell that stays them. Yet even as ...

— The Garden, You, and I • Mabel Osgood Wright

... pies. I have struggled against these accounts and know them. It is vain to be indignant. You must just pay the bill, and if you do not want another, you must make up your mind to be your own treasurer. You will fall in your Boy's estimation, but it does not follow that he will leave your service. The notion that every native servant makes a principle of saving the whole of his wages and remitting them monthly to Goa, or Nowsaree, is one of the ancient myths of Anglo-India. I do not mean ...

— Behind the Bungalow • EHA

... which opinion the haziness of the weather gave some kind of countenance, it was on a consultation resolved to stand to the eastward in the parallel of the island; as it was certain that by this course we should either fall in with the island, if we were already to the westward of it, or should at least make the mainland of Chili, whence we might take a new departure, and assure ourselves, by running to the westward afterwards, of not missing the island ...

— Anson's Voyage Round the World - The Text Reduced • Richard Walter

... fall in love with him. I like him, as a gift-book, but he's no man. Could I kiss him? Not ...

— Ptomaine Street • Carolyn Wells

... may not fall in love with her!" sighed Stephano. "You are always very generous when you ...

— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach

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