- fall off
- fall offto decline or diminish. •
Business falls off during the summer months.
•My interest in school fell off when I became twenty.
* * *See: DROP OFF(4).
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
fall off
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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 — 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 — 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
fall off — verb a) To become detached or to drop from. A button fell off my coat. b) To diminish in size or value. Business always falls off in the winter … Wiktionary
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To fall off — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fall off the wagon — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {alcoholism and drug culture} To return to the consumption of an addictive, such as alcohol or drugs, after a period of abstinence. * /Poor Joe has fallen off the wagon again he is completely incoherent today./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fall off the wagon — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {alcoholism and drug culture} To return to the consumption of an addictive, such as alcohol or drugs, after a period of abstinence. * /Poor Joe has fallen off the wagon again he is completely incoherent today./ … Dictionary of American idioms
