fall intosomething
phrasal verbwithfallverbuk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/fell|fallen
(START)
tostartdoing something, often withoutintendingto:
We'vefalleninto thehabitof getting up late onSaturdaymornings.
Ifellinto myjobquitebyaccident.
Shefellinto aconversationwith thetaxidriver.
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- inaugurate
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup
(BECOME)
tograduallyget into aparticularcondition,especiallyto get into abadconditionas aresultof not being takencareof:
Over theyearsthehousehadfallenintodisrepair.
Theoldschoolfellintodisuse(=peoplestoppedusing it).
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom
- be climbing the wallsidiom
- be for the high jumpidiom
- be/come up against a brick wallidiom
- doo-doo
- embattled
- flounder
- frying pan
- fumble
- jungle
- leg
- multiproblem
- not have a leg to stand onidiom
- on a razor edgeidiom
- out of the frying pan into the fireidiom
- pickle
- rocky
- sticky
- weed