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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fall Out (To).
 
To quarrel; to happen. (Latin, accdo.) (See FALL IN.)   1
       
“Three children sliding on the ice
Upon a summer’s day;
As it fell out they all fell in,
The rest they ran away.”
       
Porson: Mother Goose.
        “See ye fall not out by the way.”—Genesis xiv. 24.
 


 Fall Off (To).Fall Sick (To). 

 
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