drop into place

drop into place

1. To suddenly make sense. Once he explained the instructions to me more thoroughly, everything dropped into place, and I was able to complete the project.
2. To produce an ideal or desired outcome. There were a lot of missteps along the way, but all of our plans have finally dropped into place.
See also: drop, place
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fall, drop, etc. into ˈplace


1 because of a new piece of information, the relationship between several events, facts, etc. suddenly becomes clear: When I found out that he was Lucy’s uncle, everything fell into place. When we got the final result of our experiment, everything slotted into place.
2 (of a complex situation) finally reach a satisfactory conclusion: Last year everything was so difficult; then John changed his job, I started work, the children moved school and everything finally fell into place.
See also: 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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Empty cores are stored in vertical magazines and drop into place as the turret indexes.