fall among in English

Forms: falls among [present, singular, third-person], falling among [participle, present], fell among [past], fallen among [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> among}} fall among (third-person singular simple present falls among, present participle falling among, simple past fell among, past participle fallen among)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls among",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling among",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell among",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen among",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to fall among thieves",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "They were faring in the jungle, when in a stound they fell among a band of thugs.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The fawn frolickingly fell among a pride of lions.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter the company of a group (of people, animals etc.), especially by chance and unexpectedly, and suddenly."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_among-en-verb-sxddTLuV"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall among"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls among",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling among",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell among",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen among",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> among"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to fall among thieves",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "They were faring in the jungle, when in a stound they fell among a band of thugs.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The fawn frolickingly fell among a pride of lions.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter the company of a group (of people, animals etc.), especially by chance and unexpectedly, and suddenly."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall among"
}

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"fall among" meaning in English

Verb