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English verb: fall in | |||
| 1. | fall in (motion) break down, literally or metaphorically | ||
| Samples | The wall collapsed. The business collapsed. The dam broke. The roof collapsed. The wall gave in. The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice. | ||
| Synonyms | break, cave in, collapse, founder, give, give way | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, buckle, crumple, flop, go off, implode, sink, slide down, slump | ||
| Verb group | abandon, burst, collapse, give up | ||
| 2. | fall in (social) to take one's place in a military formation or line | ||
| Samples | Troops fall in!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| 3. | fall in (social) become part of; become a member of a group or organization | ||
| Samples | He joined the Communist Party as a young man. | ||
| Synonyms | get together, join | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | affiliate, band oneself, infiltrate, league together, organise, organize, penetrate, rejoin, sign up, unify, unionise, unionize, unite | ||
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