falling out
A serious rift
A falling out is a quarrel or breakdown in relations between people who were previously close: They had a falling out over money and haven't spoken since.
The phrase suggests a rupture rather than a minor disagreement—relationships that experience a falling out often remain strained or severed.
Crack or estrangement
- alienationState of being isolated
- breachBreaking of agreement
- coolnessCalm self-possession
- distanceSpace between two points
disaffection · rupture · breakdown · split · discord · schism · division · parting
Reasoned case or dispute
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- rowLinear arrangement across
- spatPetty verbal dispute
tiff · squabble · altercation · clash · confrontation · bickering · wrangle · words
Voluntary close relations
- matesFriends or breeding partners
- buddiesInformal term for friends
- palsInformal term for companions
- companionsThose who accompany
partners · colleagues · allies · confidants · associates · acquaintances · chums · comrades
Inventing or reconciling
- mending fencesRepairing damaged relationships
- patching upTemporary restoration work
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
- reunionGathering after separation
forgiveness · truce · peace · resolution · healing · amends · apology · olive branch
rift
Crack or estrangement
- alienationState of being isolated
- breachBreaking of agreement
- coolnessCalm self-possession
distance · disaffection · rupture · breakdown · split · discord · schism · division · parting · severance
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- rowLinear arrangement across
spat · tiff · squabble · altercation · clash · confrontation · bickering · wrangle · words · blow-up
friends
Voluntary close relations
companions · partners · colleagues · allies · confidants · associates · acquaintances · chums · comrades · besties
making up
Inventing or reconciling
- mending fencesRepairing damaged relationships
- patching upTemporary restoration work
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
reunion · forgiveness · truce · peace · resolution · healing · amends · apology · olive branch · burying the hatchet
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- breakupsbreakup, breaking up, dumped, dumping, it's over
- disputesargument, beef, bicker, clash, conflict
- estrangementrift, alienation, disconnection, distance, disaffection
- separationsseparate, split, break up, parting, sever
- squabblesspat, tiff, quarrel, bickering, squabble
falling outreconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
making up · reunion · rapprochement · coming together · burying the hatchet
falling outreconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
making peace · burying the hatchet · mending fences · reconciling · settlement
fall, out, fell, fallen, falling, falls, downfall, fallout, befall