Definition

1. Verb:
   • To slide down; to slip down: To move downward from a higher position to a lower one, often in a smooth, uncontrolled, or gradual manner.
   • To fall back; to drop; to decline: To decrease in position, rank, level, or quality.
   • To pull off; to take off: To remove an item, typically clothing like pants or socks, by pulling it downward.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa bé tụt từ trên giường xuống. (The child slid down from the bed.)
  • Thứ hạng của đội bóng đã tụt xuống vị trí thứ ba. (The football team's rank dropped to third place.)
  • Nó tụt quần ra. (He pulled his pants down.)

Advanced Usage

• "tụt hậu": to fall behind; to lag behind (often in development or progress).

  • Nền kinh tế có nguy cơ tụt hậu. (The economy risks falling behind.)

• "tụt mood": (colloquial) to have one's mood drop; to become suddenly sad or less enthusiastic.

  • Nghe tin đó, cô ấy tụt mood ngay lập tức. (Hearing that news, her mood dropped immediately.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tụt dốc (v): to go downhill; to decline sharply (literally and figuratively).

  • Tình hình sức khỏe của ông ấy đang tụt dốc. (His health condition is going downhill.)

• Tụt lại (v): to lag behind; to stay behind.

  • Đừng để bản thân tụt lại phía sau. (Don't let yourself lag behind.)

Synonyms

• Descend: to move or fall downward.
• Drop: to fall or diminish.
• Slip: to slide unintentionally.
• Remove: to take off.

Related Idioms

• Tụt quần chạy: (literal: to pull down pants and run) to be in a state of extreme panic or hurry.

  • Hắn ta sợ đến mức tụt quần chạy. (He was so scared he panicked and ran.)

• Tụt kem: (literal: for ice cream to slide down) used to describe something that decreases or diminishes disappointingly.

  • Doanh số bán hàng tháng này tụt kem. (This month's sales have disappointingly dropped.)