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falling-out

American  
[faw-ling-out] / ˈfɔ lɪŋˈaʊt /

noun

plural

fallings-out, falling-outs

  1. a quarrel or estrangement between persons formerly in close association with one another.

Etymology

Origin of falling-out

1560–70; nominalization of verb phrase fall out; -ing 1

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