fall into
verb1
Literally To go into something by falling.
- The cat might fall into the pool if you're not careful.
2
To visit (a place or a person).
- I hope to see her whenever I next fall into the area.
3
To enter a condition or state, especially a negative one.
- After it closed, the old mall fell into disrepair.
- Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal.
1 more example
- Since her husband died, the patient has fallen into a deep depression.
4
Idiomatic To enter something (especially a profession) without having planned it.
- Most of us didn't plan to be designers; we just fell into the job.
5
Idiomatic To be classified as; to fall under.
- Trees fall into two main categories: deciduous and evergreen.
- Related terms
- fall into oneself