/ · 1894 Brewer’s · F · Fall Out of (To)
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To tumble or slip from, as, “The weapons fell out of my hands.” This is a Latin phrase, “De manibus meis arma cecidērunt.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.