falling-out
Americannoun
plural
fallings-out, falling-outsEtymology
Origin of falling-out
1560–70; nominalization of verb phrase fall out; -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Earlier this campaign, failure to get there was looking a distinct possibility after a string of poor results, a falling-out with talisman Mohamed Salah and an injury to record signing Alexander Isak.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
“I had a falling-out with him. I haven’t spoken to him in 15 years,” Trump said after Epstein’s 2019 arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
Trump has said he had a falling-out with Epstein before his 2006 arrest in Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
He resigned four years later, after a public falling-out with the director of the National Institutes of Health.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
“It’s different with a sister. One of us always apologizes. When friends have a falling-out, they don’t talk things over. They drop you. My best chum at school did that to me.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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