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fall in with en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To join (a group of people).
    • I went on alone and in the course of the days I fell in with many persons, stupid persons, great persons, jaunty ones. 1922, A. E. Coppard, “Marching to Zion”, in Adam & Eve & Pinch Me:
    • He has fallen in with a bad lot.
  2. To meet with (something).
    • We had not sailed twelve hours before we fell in with a gale, which lasted several days, and we kept under close-reef-topsails and storm-staysails. 1846, Frederick Marryat, “chapter 4”, in The Privateersman, or One Hundred Years Ago:
  3. To accept, abide by (a set of generally agreed rules, or a suggestion).
    • It seemed like a good idea, so we fell in with it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
falling in with Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
falls in with Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fallen in with Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fell in with Tense=Past lexicographic