


He had an uncharacteristic fall from grace in his match against Connell.The competition was soon simplified with the fall from grace of William Craig.And its spectacular fall from grace should serve as a warning.Much of his hatred and contempt of Bella must have stemmed from her involvement in Johnny's fall from grace.Jackson's fall from grace came in the fourth game, when he struck out three times in a row.Even by Washington standards, Gingrich has quickly fallen from grace.Now, as Pope fell from grace, McClellan came to the fore again.That in itself was a sign that Norris' fall from grace had begun. Falling for Grace Fall from grace: Used to describe a specific event or circumstance that led to someone’s loss of reputation.But if Mrs Longhill felt better that her servant had fallen from grace in distant Barnswick, then let her think it.→ fall Examples from the Corpus fall from grace From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fall from grace fall from grace PG a situation in which someone stops being respected by other people or loses their position of authority, especially because they have done something wrong He was the head of the intelligence service until his fall from grace.
