fall in

verb

1. to collapse; no longer act as a support
2. to adopt a military formation, esp as a soldier taking his place in a line
3. (of a lease) to expire
4. (of land) to come into the owner's possession on the expiry of the lease
5. often foll by with
   1. to meet and join
   2. to agree with or support a person, suggestion, etc
6. to make a mistake or come to grief
7. to become pregnant

sentence substitute

1. the order to adopt a military formation

Example Sentences

This ring-of-steel-style system has had some success: the number of migrants crossing here has fallen in the last two years, says Atanas Rusev, director of the Security Programme at the Centre for Study of Democracy.

From BBC

But no one is more surprised than Murray that he fell in love with dance.

From Los Angeles Times

Some Labour MPs have been willing privately - though not publicly - to argue that it would be a good thing if the changes lead to a fall in the value of farmland.

From BBC

Someone said to me that I was going to fall in love with the green more than my own face.

From Los Angeles Times

In the capital, Kyiv, fragments from intercepted missiles and drones fell in several places, but there were no reports of injuries.

From BBC

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