Definition
To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.
In Context
- "His father fell from grace with the emperor."
- "The cyclist fell from grace because of steroids and lies."
- "The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize."