fall together

verb

To be merged or coalesce; to become identical.

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Meanings

verbfall together (third-person singular simple present falls together, present participle falling together, simple past fell together, past participle fallen together)

present singular third person falls together · participle present falling together · past fell together · participle past fallen together

  1. intransitiveTo be merged or coalesce; to become identical.
  2. intransitiveTo come together.

    For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […]

    1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Great Love of His Native Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 258
  3. NewfoundlandarchaicintransitiveOf the eyes: to close, especially from tiredness.
  4. intransitiveobsoleteto contract

Origin

The idiomatic sense “to merge” may be a loan translation of to coincide. Compare also German zusammenfallen (“to merge”).

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APA

fall together. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20together

MLA

“fall together.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20together. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fall together,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20together.

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