"fall into someone's hands" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: falls into someone's hands [present, singular, third-person], falling into someone's hands [participle, present], fell into someone's hands [past], fallen into someone's hands [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> into someone's hands}} fall into someone's hands (third-person singular simple present falls into someone's hands, present participle falling into someone's hands, simple past fell into someone's hands, past participle fallen into someone's hands)
  1. To come under the control of (someone).
    Sense id: en-fall_into_someone's_hands-en-verb-DSbZpDNJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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