fall in with

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fall in with

verb falls in with · falling in with · fell in with · fallen in with

  1. To join (a group of people). He has fallen in with a bad lot.
  2. To meet with (something). 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.
  3. 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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