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
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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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Xavier tells Gabriela that the disease progressed quickly, and his father died not long after their falling-out.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 28 Jan. 2025
Between the lines: Musk has been at odds with Altman ever since the two had a falling-out over the destiny of OpenAI in 2018.
—Angrej Singh, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Hodge said that in August 2013, amid a falling-out, Oellrich took a piece of paper with her Facebook address on it and turned it in to prison officials, claiming that Hodge had slipped it into his lunchbox.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
The two men had a falling-out after Rocky promised to pay for a funeral and Ephron lambasted him for not coming through.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 28 Jan. 2025
Between the lines: Musk has been at odds with Altman ever since the two had a falling-out over the destiny of OpenAI in 2018.
—Angrej Singh, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Hodge said that in August 2013, amid a falling-out, Oellrich took a piece of paper with her Facebook address on it and turned it in to prison officials, claiming that Hodge had slipped it into his lunchbox.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
The two men had a falling-out after Rocky promised to pay for a funeral and Ephron lambasted him for not coming through.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Falling-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falling-out. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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