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falling-out

[ faw-ling-out ]

noun

plural fallings-out, falling-outs.
  1. a quarrel or estrangement between persons formerly in close association with one another.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of falling-out1

1560–70; nominalization of verb phrase fall out; -ing 1
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OpenAI boss Sam Altman and X boss Elon Musk used to be business partners until a bitter falling-out over the direction of OpenAI a few years ago.

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His comments come amid an apparent cooling of tensions between Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his US counterpart Donald Trump, after a public falling-out between the two in the Oval Office on Friday.

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Jackie Taylor: The captain of the soccer team and Shauna’s best friend froze to death in her sleep after a falling-out with her teammates.

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Let’s hope Kennedy’s presidential-ish name and arrogance threaten Trump’s need for superiority, and they have a spectacular falling-out that distracts them both from causing more damage.

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According to Hilton, their public falling-out was less about any personal issues between them and more about the pervasive nature of early 2000s tabloid culture.

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