falling-out
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of falling-out
1560–70; nominalization of verb phrase fall out; see -ing 1
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Paxton, in his second term, was made to sit for the six-hour questioning for a lawsuit involving a falling-out between two of his former friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
There is an understanding that he took over mid‑season from Maresca, who walked away following a falling-out with the hierarchy, when the club had hoped the Italian would remain until at least the summer.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
The legal feud marks a dramatic falling-out between Anderson and his longtime mentor Burkle, who was the best man at Anderson’s wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
There are reports that there was a falling-out between them.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
He has a final falling-out with his friend Justin, whom he has lied to throughout.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
However, Morrow’s uncompromising and confrontational style led to numerous falling-outs with other homelessness leaders and his hardball tactics of staging protest encampments rankled politicians.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
The story seems almost unbelievable at first, but according to the piece, Lurie's personal life was riddled with falling-outs.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2021
There have been no public falling-outs on that scale in the intervening three years; a reflection of the personalities that have come into the club as much as the manager’s disciplinary code.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2020
He’s had public falling-outs with friends and business partners.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2015
Well, Jannuzzo—and other former Glock retainers who’ve had falling-outs with Gaston Glock—are beginning to mobilize.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 8, 2014
Most of Tuchel's fallings-out at clubs, sometimes leading to his departure, have come with the people above him - often dealing specifically with transfers and budgets.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
China’s political and legal systems remain highly opaque, fueling lively discussion of possible corruption, personal foibles or fallings-out with other powerful figures leading to the downfall of top officials.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
But if fallings-out with ardently consensual women were mainly Roth’s doings, earning him the misogynist label, how to explain his ruptures with longstanding friends who were men?
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
As WikiLeaks’ fame and reach grew, Assange readily acquired allies but was prone to angry fallings-out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2019
During the years that followed there were many fallings-out and reconciliations between father and son.
From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Zangwill, Louis
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