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

“He said, ‘You did the right thing’ in protecting your children, explaining that when a substance abuser falls off the deep end, the endgame is sad and ugly.

From Los Angeles Times

Mrs Goddard, from Lincoln, stressed this showed her half-brother was thinking clearly and warned against assumptions that he was "drunk and fell off the boat".

From BBC

“I felt like half my face had fallen off into my facemask that was all the way over here,” Nacua said, gesturing beyond his left shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times

From one side of the room a surgeon talks about his patient: "A 32-year-old, fit and well student... a couple of days ago he fell off an e-bike sustaining a closed left tibial plateau fracture."

From BBC

Shows known in the industry as "stand and stir" fell off a cliff this year.

From BBC

Related Words

• diminish 
• lessen 
• wane