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Fall in

verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically. Synonyms: break, cave in, collapse, founder, give, give way. "The business collapsed" , "The dam broke" , "The roof collapsed" , "The wall gave in" , "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

To take one's place in a military formation or line.

Become part of; become a member of a group or organization. Synonyms: get together, join.

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"Fall in" Quotes from Famous Books

... said (2) that married teachers would lose too much time from their work; that their primary interests would be in their own homes instead of in the school; that they could not teach school without neglecting their own children. These objections fall in the realm of education, not eugenics, and it can only be said here that the reasons must be extraordinarily cogent, which will justify the enforcement of celibacy on so large a body of superior young women as is now engaged ...

— Applied Eugenics • Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson

... fear, by that time, of their being pursued by Indians, Cheenbuk resolved that they should have a good warm supper to recruit their somewhat exhausted energies. Of course Adolay was only too glad to fall in with this arrangement, and said that she would go along the shore and collect small masses of drift-wood for the fire, while her companion lifted up the canoe ...

— The Walrus Hunters - A Romance of the Realms of Ice • R.M. Ballantyne

... was this attitude, new to him hitherto on his easy way, that began to challenge him, to stir in him a desire to bring her down to his own level, to make her fall in love and become what he called human. He had given her several evenings, and had put himself out to cater to her eager demand to see life and burn the night away in crowds and noise. He had treated ...

— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton

... 'Fall in!' said Stalky when the limousine came round. 'This is the score of the century. I wouldn't miss it for a brigade! We shan't be ...

— A Diversity of Creatures • Rudyard Kipling

... chloride by porous blocks or fine nozzles, the two chemicals combined to form what is officially named "di-chlor-di-ethyl-sulfide" (ClC{2}H{4}SC{2}H{4}Cl). This, however, is too big a mouthful, so even the chemists were glad to fall in with the commonalty ...

— Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries • Edwin E. Slosson

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