collocation · informal
fall out with
UK/fɔːl aʊt wɪð/US/fɔl aʊt wɪð/FALL out with
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to have an argument and stop being friendly with someone
Examples
“He fell out with his brother over money.”
“They used to be close but fell out last year.”
“Try to talk before you fall out with each other.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a few heated exchanges they fell out with each other and barely spoke for months.”
Collocations
- fall out with someone
- have a falling out
Word family
fall out phrasal verb
Common mistakes
fall off with→fall out with
have a fall out with→have a falling out with / fall out with
Say it for a higher band
5argue with→6fall out with→7+fall out with
Synonyms
argue with
Easily confused
argue with
“They argue with each other sometimes, but they usually make up quickly.”
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