fall into - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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fall into (third-person singular simple present falls into, present participle falling into, simple past fell into, past participle fallen into)
- (transitive, literally) To go into something by falling.
The cat might fall into the pool if you're not careful.
- (transitive) To visit (a place or a person).
I hope to see her whenever I next fall into the area.
- 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.
Since her husband died, the patient has fallen into a deep depression.
- (idiomatic, transitive) 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.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To be classified as; to fall under.
Trees fall into two main categories: deciduous and evergreen.