to change to a different, less usual, or less helpful way of speaking or behaving, often without realizing it
to gradually change to a quieter or less active state
A hypnotized person lapses into a kind of trance.
Now it was her turn to lapse into thought.
The manual occasionally lapses into incomprehensible jargon.
lapses into
lapsing into
lapsed into
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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