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fall off
verb
- to drop unintentionally to the ground from (a high object, bicycle, etc), esp after losing one's balance
- adverb to diminish in size, intensity, etc; decline or weaken
business fell off after Christmas
- adverb nautical to allow or cause a vessel to sail downwind of her former heading
noun
- a decline or drop
Idioms and Phrases
see fall away .Example Sentences
Karim has worked here for 15 years, cutting back his hours when foot traffic fell off.
Adults with cerebral palsy face large gaps in care when they move away from pediatrics, and it's often described as "falling off a cliff."
A health care company has been fined £50,000 after the death of an elderly resident who fell off the edge of her bed in a County Antrim care home.
Within a few blocks of the corner where the plaintiff was hurt, about half the light poles had caps that were loose or missing, meaning they had already fallen off.
In August last year, a remotely-piloted prototype was badly damaged when it crashed during testing at Cotswold Airport, after a propeller blade fell off.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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