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Be classified as, as in These scores fall under choral music. [Mid-1400s]

Be subject to, as in This precinct falls under the city's jurisdiction. [Second half of 1500s]

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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

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And that means they also fall under the umbrella of programs most likely to get the axe when state and federal budgets are tight.
How to Solve the Policing Crisis|Keli Goff|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There are several herbs used as supplements that fall under the term ginseng, though the most common is Panax ginseng.
Fish Oil, Turmeric, and Ginseng, Oh My! Are ‘Brain Foods’ B.S.?|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many states and localities provide services to families who fall under the poverty line and also in the “near-poor” category.
The U.S. Is Losing a Generation to Poverty|Monica Potts|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Priests are citizens of their own states, and they fall under the jurisdiction of their own country.
UN Grills Vatican Clerics On Sex Abuse|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Some wines that fall under the natural wine umbrella are lambasted for trying to pawn off technically flawed wines.
The No Hangover Wine|Jordan Salcito|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Oddly enough this assumption—the most warrantable of the lot—was the earliest to fall under disrepute.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The king of Tyre, who affected to be like to God, shall fall under the like sentence with Lucifer.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Tokyo might fall under the blight of progress, but Kano would hold to the traditions of his race.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
But of these species, the first must necessarily fall under some one of the heads already enumerated.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
I have no fancy to fall under the displeasure of my royal brother, King Charles, for a new escapade of the same kind.
Peveril of the Peak|Sir Walter Scott