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
Example Sentences
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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
“Bottom line is, we just need an executed agreement,” said Tillis, who like Cornyn had a falling-out with Trump and is leaving the Senate after this term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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
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
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
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
Tony and Carol have worked together for more than twenty years and have had as many disagreements and fallings-out as lovers, which they technically are not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
You never—I suppose"—he laughed, trying to make the question sound casual—"you never had any disagreements—any little fallings-out?
From The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes
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