fall into place

fall in(to) place

1. To suddenly make sense. Once he explained the instructions to me more thoroughly, everything fell into place, and I was able to complete the project. The lesson started to fall in place after I re-read the chapter.
2. To produce an ideal or desired outcome. There were a lot of missteps along the way, but all of our plans have finally fallen in place. If everything falls into place, we'll be rich.
See also: fall, place
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fall into place

COMMON
1. If you have been trying to understand something, and then everything falls into place, you suddenly understand it. Bits of the puzzle fell into place. He knew now who had written the letter. Note: Verbs such as click and fit can be used instead of fall. Suddenly, everything clicked into place. I could see now how to get the shot I wanted.
2. If things fall into place, events happen to produce the situation you want. As soon as I started playing in midfield everything started falling into place. All my confidence came flooding back and I ended up winning a place with England. Note: Verbs such as click and fit can be used instead of fall. We had a great time in the last couple of months when, all of a sudden, things clicked into place.
See also: fall, place
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

fall into place

(of a series of events or one event in a series) begin to make sense or cohere.
See also: fall, place
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • think twice
  • think twice about
  • think twice about something/about doing something
  • think twice, to
  • a rotten egg
  • a head-scratcher
  • be swept off (one's) feet
  • be down with (something)
  • be ripped to shreds
  • be sick of (something)
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But when nothing else seemed to fall into place, I thought I might try this approach.
Notice how all the other previously cited verses and the following verses of Isaiah fall into place if we interpret them not as literal prophecy but as examples of the unexpected and unusual ways of God: "The calf and the young lion shall browse together" (Isa.
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Though a few scientific pieces had yet to fall into place, it is clear that in his unassuming, handwritten essay on Germany's esthetic deficit he grasped intuitively the essence of his mature land ethic.
As physician, philosopher, theologian and Nobel Peace Prize awardee Albert Schweitzer aptly put it, 'Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moment, and know everything happens for a reason.'
Once you get over that hurdle of the first time, things will fall into place for you.
Things are finally beginning to fall into place for me."
Band secretary Pat Bailey said: "It is absolutely fantastic and things are beginning to slowly fall into place."
"To get comfortable, the investor is going to want to know the background of the company, the previous successes and whom the advisors are just to make themselves comfortable that things are going to fall into place for them," he says.
If they get it right, everything will fall into place. If it's wrong, it's all wrong.
Wouldn't it be nice to wave a magic wand and have everything fall into place? How about moving the clock ahead a few months so that all those unfamiliar places are now part of your daily routine?
Not immediately, but when the pieces of the mosaic are starting to fall into place." These pieces will include a new series of paintings by Cy Twombly, paintings by Gerhard Richter, new works by Richard Tuttle, Gary Hill, and Jeff Wall, and contributions by young artists who have had little international exposure.
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Through it all, I reminded myself to never give up, because everything would fall into place at the right time.