What does fall silent mean?

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fall silent

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

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"I've seen the stars fall silent from your eyes / All the sights that I have seen"

falls silent (present, singular) falling silent (participle, present) fell silent (past) fallen silent (participle, past)

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