fall among
Verb
Meaning
fall among (third-person singular simple present falls among, present participle falling among, simple past fell among, past participle fallen among)
To enter the company of a group (of people, animals etc.), especially by chance and unexpectedly, and suddenly.
to fall among thieves
They were faring in the jungle, when in a stound they fell among a band of thugs.
The fawn frolickingly fell among a pride of lions.
Examples
A ball that has been lifted high so that it will fall among close opponents may be deemed to be potentially dangerous and play may be stopped for that reason.
Largely, the reductions fall among the officers.
This is because the very traits that keep a species numerous and viable under fairly static conditions become a burden once population levels fall among competing organisms during the dynamics of an extinction event.