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Phrase(s): lapse from grace
1. Lit. to fall out of favor with God. • The child was told that if he ever smoked even one cigarette, he would lapse from grace for certain. • It is easy, these days, to lapse from grace. 2. Fig. to fall out of favor. • Ted lapsed from grace when he left the lobby door unlocked all weekend. • I have to be there on time every day or I will lapse from grace for sure.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs