falling-out

[faw-ling-out]

noun

plural

fallings-out, falling-outs 

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of falling-out¹

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

Related Words

• altercation 
• run-in 
• spat 
• tiff