fall into

1. 1.

   be included in or classified as

   “This falls under the rubric `various'”

   Synonymsfall under

   Broaderconstitute

Questions about fall into

What does fall into mean?

fall into means "be included in or classified as".

What is another word for fall into?

Close synonyms include fall under. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fall into a common word?

fall into is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.