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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
He attributed the problem to trip cancellations, changed itineraries, and a big fall-off in new bookings.
The real fall-off starts in the late seventies and early eighties.
There was a sharp fall-off on both sides of the input so direction could be precisely determined.
As the initial marker was rounded, there was a noticeable fall-off in the wind.
The entrance to the cave fronts the pond near the foot of a precipitous mountain, called the Fall-off.
This fall-off to the southeast again was not more than I had expected, as it has been almost calm since Sunday.
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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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