We found 8 definitions of fall in from 5 different sources.
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fall in - to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!" | ||
fall in - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" | ||
collapse, cave in, give, give way, break, founder | ||
change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
implode, go off burst inward; "The bottle imploded" | ||
abandon, give up stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" | ||
buckle, crumple fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" | ||
flop fall suddenly and abruptly | ||
break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
slide down, slump, sink fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" | ||
collapse, burst lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" | ||
fall in - become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" | ||
join, get together | ||
sign up join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes" | ||
band oneself, league together attach oneself to a group | ||
unionise, unionize, organise, organize form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize" | ||
affiliate join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group" | ||
rejoin join again | ||
infiltrate, penetrate pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict | ||
unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge" |