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F — Fallacy to Fashion (Part 2 of 12)

Fall off.

    1. Drop, be detached, drop off.
    2. Withdraw, separate.
    3. Decline, wane, dwindle, decay, fade, fail, wither.
    4. Perish, die.
    5. Backslide, apostatize, fall away.
    6. Revolt, defect, become disaffected or disloyal, fall away.
    7. (Naut.) Go to leeward.

Fall on.

    1. Drop on, descend upon.
    2. Attack, assault, assail, rush upon, fall upon.

Fall out.

    1. Disagree, wrangle. See quarrel.
    2. Happen, befall, chance, occur, come about, come to pass, take place.

Fallow, a.

    1. Pale red or pale yellow.
    2. Untilled, unsowed, left uncultivated, neglected.
    3. Inert, inactive, dormant.

Fallow, n. Untilled land.

Fallow-chat, n. See fallow-finch.

Fallow-finch, n. Œnanthe, wheat-ear (Motacilla œnanthe, Saxicola œnanthe).

Fall short. Fail, be deficient.