fall off

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

noun

1. a decline or drop

Idioms and Phrases

see fall away.

Example Sentences

“Unless something drastic happens … a lot of those people are going to fall off of their coverage,” Santana-Chin said.

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“It tells you that the demand for labor is falling off.”

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Earlier this year, two US warplanes fell off the US Navy's Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while operating in the Middle East.

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A 69-year-old Japanese tourist has died after falling off the perimeter wall of the Pantheon in Rome, local media reports.

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“We are moving forward on a slow economic decoupling so this is more about each side managing the downward risk of a significant escalation and preventing the relationship from falling off a cliff,” Brilliant says.

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Related Words

• diminish 
• lessen 
• wane