"fall to someone's lot" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: falls to someone's lot [present, singular, third-person], falling to someone's lot [participle, present], fell to someone's lot [past], fallen to someone's lot [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> to someone's lot}} fall to someone's lot (third-person singular simple present falls to someone's lot, present participle falling to someone's lot, simple past fell to someone's lot, past participle fallen to someone's lot)
  1. (intransitive, dated) To be destined to happen to someone or to fall in someone's possession. Tags: dated, intransitive Synonyms: fall to someone's share
    Sense id: en-fall_to_someone's_lot-en-verb-hX5lsaEI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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