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fall in

verb

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

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the order to adopt a military formation

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"She had this amazing gift of becoming friends very, very fast with people. And they all fell in love with her," she said.

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He “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and ... he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

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

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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.

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