Meaning

4 senses

  1. (intransitive)To be merged or coalesce; to become identical.

  2. (intransitive)To come together.

  3. (Newfoundland, archaic, intransitive)Of the eyes: to close, especially from tiredness.

  4. (intransitive, obsolete)To contract

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Alone we fall, but together we win.

    deAllein gehen wir unter, aber zusammen siegen wir.

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  2. I can't believe it! Everything's falling together just right!

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Origin

The idiomatic sense “to merge” may be a loan translation of to coincide. Compare also Germ

The idiomatic sense “to merge” may be a loan translation of to coincide. Compare also German zusammenfallen (“to merge”).

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Forms

falls together, falling together, fell together, fallen together
Base formfall together · to fall together
3rd person singularfalls together
Present participlefalling together
Past simplefell together
Past participlefallen together

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfall together
he, she, itfalls together

Past simpleLesson

all personsfell together

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fallen together
he, she, ithas fallen together

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fall together

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
falconfallA2fallacyC2falliblefalloutfallow
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