fall into

Language: en

Meaning: (transitive,literally)To gointosomething byfalling.The cat mightfall intothe pool if you're not careful.; (transitive)To visit (a place or a person).I hope to see her whenever I nextfall intothe area.; To enter aconditionorstate, especially a negative one.After it closed, the old mallfell intodisrepair.Our senatorfell intodisrepute because of the banking scandal.Since her husband died, the patient hasfallen intoa deep depression.; (idiomatic,transitive)To enter something (especially a profession) without having planned it.Most of us didn't plan to be designers; we justfell intothe job.; (idiomatic,transitive)To be classified as; tofall under.Treesfall intotwo main categories: deciduous and evergreen.

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