falling-out
Americannoun
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fallings-out,
plural
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falling-outs
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of falling-out
1560–70; nominalization of verb phrase fall out; see -ing 1
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They later had a public falling-out in 1989 during Feinstein’s failed campaign for governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Along the way, the two had a falling-out, and Altman created a for-profit subsidiary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
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
But after being expelled from the party, following a falling-out with then President Jacob Zuma, he went on to form the EFF.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
He has a final falling-out with his friend Justin, whom he has lied to throughout.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
The Madrid club's steadfast refusal to sanction the 26-year-old's dream move to the Spotify Camp Nou has led to one of the most rancorous public falling-outs in recent memory.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
The band did keep on going, from early days that featured constant line-up changes and record label fallings-out to a 90s packed full of hits.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
This season, subtitled “Capote vs. the Swans,” focuses on the fallings-out that the writer Truman Capote had with New York City socialites, including Ann Woodward, Babe Paley and C.Z.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 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
In 2014, Bannon began hosting a radio show that often featured Patrick Caddell, who effectively had been banished by Democratic Party leaders after years of tempestuous campaigns and fallings-out.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 17, 2017
It appeared only too evident that the two old friends were again on the verge of one of their distressing fallings-out: but Jane Hubbard intervened once more.
From Three Men and a Maid by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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