falling-out
noun
fall·ing-out
ˌfȯ-liŋ-ˈau̇t 
plural fallings-out or falling-outs
: an instance of falling out : quarrel
had a falling-out with his parents
Examples of falling-out in a Sentence
the two friends have been lonely and miserable since they had a falling-out
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But the magnitude of Musk’s support for Trump, spending at least $250 million backing his campaign, and the scope of free rein the president gave him to slash and delve into the government with the Department of Government Efficiency is eclipsed only by the speed of their falling-out.
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Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Just weeks later, Trump had a public falling-out with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, resulting in the suspension of U.S. military aid to Kyiv.
—Martha McHardy Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Kennedy’s close friend and sometime co-counsel Michael Tigar wrote in his own biography that Timothy later pointed a finger at Kennedy, calling him the mastermind, in order to seek revenge after their future falling-out.
—Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
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Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
The moment marked a reconciliation between the longtime Tumblr faves and friends, who had an online falling-out in 2016 over visuals used in a photoshoot.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2025
Just weeks later, Trump had a public falling-out with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, resulting in the suspension of U.S. military aid to Kyiv.
—Martha McHardy Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Kennedy’s close friend and sometime co-counsel Michael Tigar wrote in his own biography that Timothy later pointed a finger at Kennedy, calling him the mastermind, in order to seek revenge after their future falling-out.
—Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Falling-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falling-out. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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