fall off

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To become smaller, fewer, or less; to decrease in size, amount, or intensity. This meaning describes a gradual or noticeable decline.
    • To drop or come away from something to which it was attached. This meaning describes a physical separation.
    • To decline in quality, condition, or performance. This meaning describes a deterioration.
Usage and Examples
  • Verb (Decrease):
    • Sales tend to fall off during the winter months.
    • Interest in the project fell off after the initial excitement.
  • Verb (Become detached):
    • The handle fell off the old suitcase.
    • A button fell off my coat.
  • Verb (Decline in condition):
    • The quality of his work has fallen off recently.
    • The team's performance fell off in the second half of the season.
Advanced Usage
  • "fall off a cliff": To decrease very suddenly and severely.
    • Stock prices fell off a cliff after the company's poor earnings report.
  • "fall off the back of a lorry" (UK idiom, informal): Used humorously or euphemistically to suggest something was stolen.
    • He claimed the cheap TV fell off the back of a lorry.
Variants and Related Words
  • Falloff (noun): A reduction or decline.
    • There has been a noticeable falloff in attendance.
  • Falling-off (noun): An instance of declining or deteriorating.
    • We are concerned about the falling-off in standards.
Synonyms
  • Decrease: To become less in size, amount, or intensity.
  • Drop: To fall or let something fall.
  • Decline: To become smaller, fewer, or weaker; to deteriorate.
  • Detach: To separate something from something else.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Fall away: Similar to 'fall off' in meaning 'to become smaller or weaker'.
    • Support for the policy began to fall away.
  • Fall apart: To break into pieces, or to fail completely.
    • The old book fell apart in my hands.
  • Fall behind: To fail to keep up with a schedule or standard.
    • He fell behind on his mortgage payments.
Related Idioms
  • Fall off the wagon (informal): To start drinking alcohol again after a period of abstinence.
    • After six months sober, he fell off the wagon.
  • The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: A child's character or behavior is similar to that of their parents.
    • He's as stubborn as his father—the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Verb
  1. diminish in size or intensity
  2. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
    • The real estate market fell off
  3. come off
    • This button had fallen off

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