FALL FROM GRACE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior

Example:

The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "fall from grace" is one way to...):

misbehave; misconduct; misdemean (behave badly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Credits