"fall into" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall into.ogg [Australia] Forms: falls into [present, singular, third-person], falling into [participle, present], fell into [past], fallen into [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> into}} fall into (third-person singular simple present falls into, present participle falling into, simple past fell into, past participle fallen into)
  1. (transitive) To go into something by falling. Tags: transitive Related terms: fall into oneself
    Sense id: en-fall_into-en-verb-EWH~uW0O
  2. To enter a condition or state, especially a negative one.
    Sense id: en-fall_into-en-verb-Wnz7LjNJ
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To enter something (especially a profession) without having planned it. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-fall_into-en-verb-tdMNMwfL
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To be classified as; to fall under. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-fall_into-en-verb-o0B8G80Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (into) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 13 66 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (into): 28 12 13 46

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fall into meaning in English (2.8kB)

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