"fall into one's lap" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall into one's lap.ogg [Australia] Forms: falls into one's lap [present, singular, third-person], falling into one's lap [participle, present], fell into one's lap [past], fallen into one's lap [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> into one's lap}} fall into one's lap (third-person singular simple present falls into one's lap, present participle falling into one's lap, simple past fell into one's lap, past participle fallen into one's lap)
  1. (idiomatic) Of something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: drop into one's lap Translations (to be received with little or no effort): jemandem in den Schoß fallen (German)
    Sense id: en-fall_into_one's_lap-en-verb-zu9lYDiD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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