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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The two had a falling-out and, according to the “The A-Team” actor, he told documentary director Scott Weintrob not to include Young, claiming that he wanted “nothing to do with him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
She said she had reported him to authorities and cast the episode as a personal triumph after their falling-out.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
They later had a public falling-out in 1989 during Feinstein’s failed campaign for governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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
It made no mention of Lucy Stone, from whom Anthony had been estranged since their falling-out over Stone’s marriage, or the rivalry between Anthony’s National and Stone’s American Woman Suffrage Association.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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
A blessing on the bridal that has known its fifty years, But never known its fallings-out, delusions, doubt, or fears.
From Lord John Russell by Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson) Reid
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