fall off

British  

verb

1. to drop unintentionally to the ground from (a high object, bicycle, etc), esp after losing one's balance

2. (adverb) to diminish in size, intensity, etc; decline or weaken

   business fell off after Christmas

3. (adverb) nautical to allow or cause a vessel to sail downwind of her former heading

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noun

1. a decline or drop

fall off Idioms  

1. see fall away.

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Example Sentences

You’ll also hear a larger, darker woofling from the tailpipes, and phlegmy, spattering cough as the rpm fall off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

For example, in the civilian context, when construction workers fall off scaffolds and can’t walk until receiving surgery and physical therapy, their employers have to provide them workers’ compensation.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

“So we set it in the beginning of the 20th century, when we felt that whole romantic worldview was just about to crack and fall off a cliff.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

This may have been the most overt art-as-protest moment, showing dancers climbing sparking electrical poles, only to fall off and dangle by what looked like snipped wires.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026

Mamma adjusted her dupatta, which had begun to fall off during the argument, and took a deep breath.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Related Words

• diminish
• lessen
• wane