to fall into place
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3.9
- phrasal verb
- /fɔl ˈɪntu pleɪs/
:
encajar
- As I listened to the explanation, everything began to fall into place and make sense.
- begin to fall into place
- puzzle fell into place
And then suddenly things started falling into place.
- And then suddenly things started falling into place.
- So that's the setup, now let's see how they fall into place.
- And as I got there, it just sort of fell into place.
- Practice inviting God into your life and watch everything fall into place.
- And when you think like that, all of the short term goals automatically fall into place because you're thinking bigger.
- The answer is in the context of this theory, as the details seem to fall into place.
- He liked Agatha Christie, I think, because in the last chapter everything falls into place.
- If you can get this one part of your life handled, everything else will fall into place.
- I think letting things fall into place is really about you letting go of your expectation.
- You can start doing things that you haven't required of yourself in the past, and you're going to start seeing things fall into place.
- But listen, even in that story, Ruth had to present herself to Boaz in order to make that whole thing fall into place.
- So you could think of this as sort of like a revelation that what what seemed to be horror isn't horror, things actually fall into place.
- And then everything kind of falls into place and tightens as the wood dries, which then makes it pretty much airtight.
- Like I felt complete when we got married and felt complete and life fell into place.
Examples
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When you understand the language, everything falls into place.
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Everything fell into place when a distant relative of Vicky's family who lived in Barcelona offered to put both girls up for July and August.
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Yeah, my life in New York fell into place.
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And everything fell into place for me.
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Yeah, and once that happens then it should all fall into place.
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After that, things just... fell into place.
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The rest will fall into place.
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Okay, so things are falling into place.
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The more I thought about Rachel's interests and skills, the more it all fell into place.
Academic text (1998) -
I was still reeling from the blow to my head, but as the fog cleared, everything seemed to fall into place.
Synonyms
87
3.4
Suddenly become clear and easy to understand in your mind
59
4.1
To slowly understand and accept something
Antonyms
How Clear
41
3.9
858
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to become clear or organized' is a metaphorical extension of the literal image of things 'falling' into the correct 'place', so a learner who knows 'fall', 'into' and 'place' can often infer the gist. However, the abstract sense (clarity/organization) requires mapping a spatial image to a cognitive state, which is somewhat figurative and may not be fully predictable for all B1 learners without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase fall into place may come from the image of puzzle pieces that fall and land in the right place, so the whole picture becomes clear. That's why we say things 'fall into place' when they suddenly become 'understood' or 'organized'.