falling out

See also: falling-out

English

Alternative forms

• falling-out

Pronunciation

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Noun

falling out (countable and uncountable, plural fallings out or falling outs)

1. (idiomatic) A rift between people or groups, often following a disagreement or quarrel

   Since the falling out with his neighbor, they have kept their distance.

2. A culture-bound syndrome primarily reported in the southern United States and the Caribbean, described as a constricted consciousness as a psychological response to anxiety and stress.

Translations

rift between people or groups

• German: Zerwürfnis (de) n
• Spanish: cizaña (es) f
• Swedish: söndring (sv) c

Verb

falling out

1. present participle and gerund of fall out

Anagrams

• outfalling