fall in en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive) To collapse inwards.
The heavy rain caused the roof to fall in.
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(intransitive) Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.
His men resumed their muskets and fell in.
1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 68:
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(intransitive) Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank. ▸ To take a position.
At that point, the Subaru fell in behind the Toyota.
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To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
On the death of Mr. B., the annuity, which he had so long received, fell in.
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To become operative.
The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in.
1841, Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron and The Comic Dramatists of the Restoration:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| falling in | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fallen in | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fell in | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| falls in | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
fall in love with · fall in one's road · fall in flesh · fall in age · fall in mold · fall in two · fall in someone's mind · fall in for · fall in mould · fall in hand with · fall in upon · fall in one's way · fall in somebody's heart · fall into one's hands · fall in line · fall in somebody's mind · fall in with · fall in love · fall in someone's heart · fall in hand to
Translations (7)
fi romahtaa (to collapse inwards) · ru станови́ться в стро́й (military: to get into position in a rank) · fi järjestyä riviin (military: to get into position in a rank) · ru стро́иться (military: to get into position in a rank) · de einfallen (to collapse inwards) · fi luhistua (to collapse inwards) · th จัดแถว (military: to get into position in a rank)