User:Wietsezuyderwijk/Word file/to fall in

Phrasal verb

to fall in

1. (intransitive) to collapse; break down

   "My world--the foreground of my consciousness--would fall in on me and crush me" (Ortega; 1905)

2. (transitive) to join

   "On my way I fell in with an immense populace, crowding through every avenue, all in the same direction, and exhibiting in every action the wildest excitement." (Poe; 1844)

3. (transitive) to grow deferent to

   "Yet — she was born and raised in the West Indies, and from hints she let fall in the past" (Howard; 1938)

4. (transitive) to be charmed

to collapse; break down

"Lots of huts fell partially or completely in due to the earthquake."

to join

"Now a new dictatorship emerges, I might fall in with the resistance."