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Fall out meaning

Fall out is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is for a tooth, hair, or a similar part to become loose and separate.

Past simple
fell out
Past participle
fallen out
-ing form
falling out

What fall out means

become detachedB2

For a tooth, hair, or a similar part to become loose and separate

Some of his hair fell out during the treatment.

2 more meanings of fall out are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With fall: fall apart, fall behind.

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.

Common questions

What does fall out mean?

It has 3 meanings. One of them is for a tooth, hair, or a similar part to become loose and separate. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of fall out?

Fell out. The past participle is fallen out.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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