"fall together" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: falls together [present, singular, third-person], falling together [participle, present], fell together [past], fallen together [participle, past]
Etymology: The idiomatic sense “to merge” may be a loan translation of to coincide. Compare also German zusammenfallen (“to merge”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|coincide}} coincide, {{cog|de|zusammenfallen||to merge}} German zusammenfallen (“to merge”) Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> together}} fall together (third-person singular simple present falls together, present participle falling together, simple past fell together, past participle fallen together)
  1. To be merged or coalesce; to become identical. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-fall_together-en-verb-deyyinne
  2. To come together. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: fall together by the ears
    Sense id: en-fall_together-en-verb-yDMh~Zlk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (together) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 70 21 2 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (together): 13 64 18 5
  3. (archaic, now Newfoundland) Of the eyes: to close, especially from tiredness. Tags: Newfoundland, archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fall_together-en-verb-mq2TYCSZ Categories (other): Newfoundland English
  4. (obsolete) to contract Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fall_together-en-verb-S0zpFz0H

Inflected forms

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