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fall into place

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fall into place 
1. if something that happens makes everything fall into place, it makes you understand something that you did not understand before Once I discovered that the woman I had seen him with was his daughter, everything fell into place,
2. if things fall into place in a situation, they happen in a satisfactory way, without problems If a project is well-planned, everything should fall into place.
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fall into place also fall in place
1. to become organized Once Molly got a business loan, she hired a couple of people and very quickly things fell into place.
2. to be correctly arranged All the facts finally fell into place, and this allowed us to understand the problem.
See also: fall, place


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His body instinctively assumed a certain position as I touched him, which compelled my arms to fall into place, and the thing was done.
Such qualities were scarcely of the kind to enliven foreign travel, though they made her so easy and pleasant a companion; but he saw at once how they would fall into place in their proper setting.
The subject exists, the subject enlarges; all things sooner or later fall into place.
 
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