"fall in" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: falls in [present, singular, third-person], falling in [participle, present], fell in [past], fallen in [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> in}} 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. Tags: intransitive Translations (to collapse inwards): luhistua (Finnish), romahtaa (alt: + optional sisään) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fall_in-en-verb-WVpA9evj Disambiguation of 'to collapse inwards': 95 1 3 1
  2. (intransitive, military) Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Military Derived forms: fall-in, falling in Translations (military: to get into position in a rank): järjestyä riviin (Finnish), станови́ться в стро́й (stanovítʹsja v strój) [neuter] (Russian), стро́иться (stróitʹsja) [neuter] (Russian), จัดแถว (jàt-tɛ̌ɛo) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-fall_in-en-verb-oAttoa87 Topics: government, military, politics, war Related terms: 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 Disambiguation of 'military: to get into position in a rank': 2 87 6 4
  3. To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
    Sense id: en-fall_in-en-verb-wJRmUh97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 71 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 14 18 55 13
  4. To become operative.
    Sense id: en-fall_in-en-verb-xsDui9eg

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to collapse inwards",
      "word": "luhistua"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to collapse inwards",
      "word": "romahtaa"
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      "word": "станови́ться в стро́й"
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