"fall in with" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls in with",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling in with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell in with",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen in with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> in with"
      },
      "expansion": "fall in with (third-person singular simple present falls in with, present participle falling in with, simple past fell in with, past participle fallen in with)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He has fallen in with a bad lot."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To join (a group of people)."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_in_with-en-verb-xDAmaK8k",
      "links": [
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 66 23",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 66 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (with)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1846, Frederick Marryat, “chapter 4”, in The Privateersman, or One Hundred Years Ago",
          "text": "We had not sailed twelve hours before we fell in with a gale, which lasted several days, and we kept under close-reef-topsails and storm-staysails.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To meet with (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_in_with-en-verb-DZJOhxxr",
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It seemed like a good idea, so we fell in with it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept, abide by (a set of generally agreed rules, or a suggestion)."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_in_with-en-verb-OuDcJNKj",
      "links": [
        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ],
        [
          "abide by",
          "abide by"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall in with"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (with)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls in with",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling in with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell in with",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen in with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> in with"
      },
      "expansion": "fall in with (third-person singular simple present falls in with, present participle falling in with, simple past fell in with, past participle fallen in with)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He has fallen in with a bad lot."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To join (a group of people)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1846, Frederick Marryat, “chapter 4”, in The Privateersman, or One Hundred Years Ago",
          "text": "We had not sailed twelve hours before we fell in with a gale, which lasted several days, and we kept under close-reef-topsails and storm-staysails.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To meet with (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It seemed like a good idea, so we fell in with it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept, abide by (a set of generally agreed rules, or a suggestion)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ],
        [
          "abide by",
          "abide by"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall in with"
}