drop away

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to fall or go away gradually

Example Sentences

Although Arsenal dropped away in the race for the Premier League title in recent weeks, with only one win in their past four matches, their form throughout the season has largely been good.

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The three-time champion was second quickest behind Hamilton in the second session but dropped away in the third, perplexed as to what had happened as he ended up 0.695secs from pole.

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Florian Wellbrock of Germany, who took gold in Tokyo, challenged the Hungarian at the front of the field but dropped away with a lap remaining.

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And it’s about that glorious music, soaring and twisting and sometimes suddenly dropping away, cruelly and abruptly; you miss it when it’s gone.

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As Black compellingly argues, the Trumpocene and its gross pathologies, both collective and personal, have forced the mask, clothing, and other accouterments to drop away, thus revealing the vast ugliness beneath it all:

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