falling-out
noun
a quarrel or estrangement between persons formerly in close association with one another.
fallings-out
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pluralof falling-out.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
