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FALL FROM GRACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fall from grace mean?
• FALL FROM GRACE (verb)
The verb FALL FROM GRACE has 1 sense:
1. revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior
Familiarity information: FALL FROM GRACE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert
Hypernyms (to "fall from grace" is one way to...):
misbehave; misconduct; misdemean (behave badly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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