fall into place

English

Verb

fall into place (third-person singular simple present falls into place, present participle falling into place, simple past fell into place, past participle fallen into place)

1. (idiomatic) To assume a clear and complete form when separate elements come together; to be fully realized at last.

   Synonyms: click, click into place, slot into place

   If it weren't for your heroic deed, his evil plan would have fallen into place.

   Everything fell into place when he figured out who the murderer was.

   • 1983, Matt Johnson (lyrics and music), “This Is the Day”, in Soul Mining, performed by The The:

     This is the day / Your life will surely change / This is the day / When things fall into place

   • 2023 April 3, Andrew E. Kramer, Mauricio Lima, “New Weapons Aren’t Enough: The Challenges of Ukraine’s Coming Assault”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     If weapons and trained troops fall into place in time, Ukraine is capable of inflicting losses on the Russian Army that could have far-reaching geopolitical consequences […]

Translations

assume a clear and complete form

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: falde på plads
• Finnish: loksahtaa paikoilleen
• French: se résoudre de soi-même, se mettre en place, se réaliser
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: falle på plass (no)

• Polish: układać się impf, ułożyć się pf
• Russian: ставать на свои места (stavatʹ na svoi mesta)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can