"fall into place" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: falls into place [present, singular, third-person], falling into place [participle, present], fell into place [past], fallen into place [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> into place}} fall into place (third-person singular simple present falls into place, present participle falling into place, simple past fell into place, past participle fallen into place)
  1. (idiomatic) To assume a clear and complete form when separate elements come together; to be fully realized at last. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: click, click into place, slot into place Translations (assume a clear and complete form): 充分實現 /充分实现 (chōngfèn shíxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), falde på plads (Danish), loksahtaa paikoilleen (Finnish), se résoudre de soi-même (French), se mettre en place (French), se réaliser (French), falle på plass (Norwegian Bokmål), układać się [imperfective] (Polish), ułożyć się [perfective] (Polish), ставать на свои места (stavatʹ na svoi mesta) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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