fall away

verb

1. (of friendship) to be withdrawn
2. to slope down

Example Sentences

It’s a measure of the strength of Max's character that he has managed to handle this with such equanimity, especially as the team’s competitive form was falling away at the same time.

From BBC

It came too late to save Sudan from the economic crisis that crushed its democratic experiment and fell away after Trump lost to Joe Biden.

From BBC

When the office of the president refuses to accept the checks and balances that underlie the democratic system, the country’s trust in negotiated, reasonable and restrained outcomes understandably falls away.

From Salon

However, his support unexpectedly fell away in the last round as MPs moved their votes around in an attempt to get the final line-up they wanted.

From BBC

Bizzle remembers how efforts to suppress his music started falling away after top music magazine NME compared Pow! to Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen.

From BBC

Related Words

• abate
• degenerate
• deteriorate
• die down
• die out
• diminish
• dwindle
• ease off
• fall back
• lessen
• melt
• peter out
• recede
• shrink
• slacken
• wane
• weaken