fall under

Verb

Meaning

be included in or classified as

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fall into have take experience test feel stand undergo incur tempt go through undergoing be subjected to be exposed to be affected by

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Antonyms

carry transport bring lift sustain convey

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Hypernyms

represent constitute comprise make-up be

Examples

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls but the shadows of the living. All things fall under this name. The sun itself is but the dark simulacrum, and light but the shadow of God. Thomas Browne

In the beginning I drew and painted from nature in order to know her. Then later, only to fall under her spell. And today, to let her mirror my thoughts and feelings. William Baziotes

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Robert Jordan

Once we begin to want, we fall under the jurisdiction of the Devil. Emil Cioran

I don't know if you know it, J. B., but you're the sort of fellow who causes hundreds to fall under suspicion when he's found stabbed in his library with a paper-knife of Oriental design. P. G. Wodehouse

Paternalism is a desperate gamble that lying politicians will honestly care for those who fall under their power. James Bovard

Close letter words and terms

fall together fall together by the ears fall unconscious fall under someone's control fall up fall upon