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Verb: fall from grace
  1. Lose status, respect, or favour through bad behaviour or mistakes
    "The politician fell from grace after the scandal"

Derived forms: falling from grace, fallen from grace, falls from grace, fell from grace

Type of: misbehave, misconduct, misdemean [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Fall from grace