Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Fall into
Fall into verb - Be included in or classified as.
Both terms in one sentence
- In trying to save himself he manages to break the penis off the statue and fall into the woman's room through the window, brandishing it at her.
Source: Accidental Pervert -
Her princess dress in the first anime is white and identical to her mother's, but the manga has her break away from her mother and fall into this trope, with a pink cherry-blossom-evoking dress instead.
Source: Princesses Prefer Pink - Fans are divided on whether unhappy mates can break a bond they no longer wish to be in, but the majority seem fall into the "once it's done, there's no going back" camp.
Source: Fanon / Transformers
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