fallen in

Gave way downward

Fallen in is the past participle of fall in, describing someone who has joined a group or formation, or something that has collapsed inward.

A roof that has fallen in has caved under its own weight or external pressure.

Soldiers who have fallen in have assembled in ranks: The troops had fallen in by dawn.

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signed up · signed on · boot camp · breach · enlisted · conscripted · breakdown · despair · disintegration · collapse · hollow · crumbling · grief · rubble · implosion · charmed · hooked · isolation

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structural collapse

fallen inheld up

Delayed or robbed

supported · reinforced · propped up · shored up · buttressed

military formation

fallen infallen out

Became estranged after conflict

dismissed · dispersed · scattered · disbanded · at ease

agreement/compliance

fallen inresisted

Refused to yield

rebelled · dissented · objected · held out · fallen out

Family

fall, fell, fallen, falling, falls, unfailing, infallible, felled, feller

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