fall in verb5 •To collapse inwards.The heavy rain caused the roof to fall in. •Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.His men resumed their muskets and fell in. — 1860 •To take a position.At that point, the Subaru fell in behind the Toyota. •To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.On the death of Mr. B., the annuity, which he had so long received, fell in. •To become operative.The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in. — 1841 formsfell in · fallen in · falling in · falls in