fall off

fall off
fall off
to decline or diminish. •

Business falls off during the summer months.

My interest in school fell off when I became twenty.

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See: DROP OFF(4).

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • fall-off — also .falling off BrE n [singular] a decrease in the level, amount, or number of something = ↑fall ≠ ↑rise fall off in ▪ a fall off in profits …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fall-off — UK US noun [C] ► a reduction in something such as profits, sales, etc.: a fall off in sth »The company blamed the fall off in profits on higher operating expenses …   Financial and business terms

  • fall-off — fall ,off noun singular a reduction in the amount or level of something: a fall off in sales …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • fall off — See: DROP OFF(4) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fall off — index decrease, degenerate, ebb, subside Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fall off — verb 1. come off (Freq. 1) This button had fallen off • Hypernyms: ↑detach, ↑come off, ↑come away • Verb Frames: Something s 2. fall heavily or suddenly; …   Useful english dictionary

  • fall off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms fall off : present tense I/you/we/they fall off he/she/it falls off present participle falling off past tense fell off past participle fallen off if the amount, level, or value of something falls off, it… …   English dictionary

  • fall off — UK US fall off Phrasal Verb with fall({{}}/fɔːl/ verb (fell, fallen) ► [I] to get lower in amount or level: »Orders have definitely fallen off in the past quarter …   Financial and business terms

  • fall off — phr verb Fall off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bit, ↑number, ↑plaster, ↑sale, ↑wheel Fall off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bicycle, ↑bike, ↑ladder, ↑motorcycle …   Collocations dictionary

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