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    fall out
    [fall out]
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    1. (of the hair, teeth, etc.) become detached and drop out:
      "the chemotherapy made my hair fall out"
      • have an argument:
        "he had fallen out with his family" · "they fell out over money"
      • leave one's place in a military formation, or on parade:
        "the two policemen at the rear fell out of the formation"
      • happen; turn out:
        "matters fell out as Stephen arranged"
    fall·out
    [ˈfôlˌout]
    noun
    fall-out (noun)
    1. radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion or accident and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation:
      "a fallout shelter"
      • airborne substances resulting from an industrial process or accident:
        "acid fallout from power stations"
    2. the adverse side effects or results of a situation:
      "almost as dramatic as the financial scale of the mess is the growing political fallout"
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    noun
    1. radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion or accident and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation:
      counteraction
      counterblast
      comeback
      recoil
      retaliation
      reprisal
      repercussions
      reverberations
      backwash
      adverse reaction/response
      • the adverse side effects or results of a situation:
        repercussions
        aftereffects
        byproduct
        backwash
        trail
        wake
        corollary
        reverberations
        consequences
        effects
        results
        fruits
        end result
        outcome
        upshot
        issue
        end
        follow-up
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