From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfall into placefall into placea) UNDERSTANDif parts of a situation that you have been trying to understand fall into place, you start to understand how they are connected with each other Suddenly, all the details started falling into place. b) START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCif the parts of something that you want to happen fall into place, they start to happen in the way that you want I was lucky because everything fell into place at exactly the right time. → fall
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fall into place• The route had by now fallen into place.• Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place.• Once the police received this new evidence, things began falling into place.• Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.• But just in time, it fell into place.• Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.• Gradually the new global masterplan is falling into place: a series of massive bilateral trade agreements are being struck.• I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.• Gradually the clues started falling into place, and it became clear who the murderer was.• That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.• Things are finally falling into place for the team.fall into placefall into placea) REALIZEif things fall into place in your mind, you suddenly realize and understand what is really happening Things were beginning to fall into place in my mind. Everything suddenly fell into place. b) START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCif plans or events fall into place, they start to happen in the way that you hoped they would Eventually I got a job, and my life began to fall into place. → placeExamples from the Corpus
fall into place• Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.• I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.• That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.• But just in time, it fell into place.• Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.• The route had by now fallen into place.• Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place. 