fall in with
Verb
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Verb
fall in with
- To join (a group of people).
- He has fallen in with a bad lot.
- To meet with (something).
- 1846, Frederick Marryat, The Privateersman, or One Hundred Years Ago, chapter 4:
- We had not sailed twelve hours before we fell in with a gale, which lasted several days, and we kept under close-reef-topsails and storm-staysails.
- 1846, Frederick Marryat, The Privateersman, or One Hundred Years Ago, chapter 4:
- To accept, abide by (a set of generally agreed rules, or a suggestion).
- It seemed like a good idea, so we fell in with it.
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