to fall off
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2.6
- phrasal verb
- /fɔl ɔf/
:
disminuir
- Her attendance has really fallen off.
- fall off sharply
- fall off dramatically
- begin to fall off
You do not want the economy to fall off a Cliff, especially not jobs numbers.
- You do not want the economy to fall off a Cliff, especially not jobs numbers.
- And as a result, we didn't fall off the Cliff.
- Yeah, So Tai Lopez, he fell off kind of hard.
- So it like, well we didn't fall off.
- It literally was just stress and the weight fell off quite quickly.
- Obviously, this has LED stock market fall off as well as the oil markets to rise.
Examples
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Once we get to the late nineties, the general public playing numbers are just falling off.
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Yet, far from rising, homicide seems to have fallen off sharply during these thirty years.
Academic text (2007) -
Sorry, the show falls off after episode one.
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What do you mean, my reviews have fallen off?
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The quality's really fallen off.
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But the rate of divorces has fallen off since the mid-1980s.
Academic text (1998) -
The financial system was thrown into chaos as exports shrank, investment fell off, and economic activity contracted.
Academic text (1994) -
By the mid-1980s, pandemic influenza had effectively fallen off the international agenda.
Academic text (2012) -
Their readership in journals such as The Journal of Conflict Resolution has also fallen off noticeably.
Academic text (1990) -
After the initial surge, sales of the product began to fall off significantly.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Become less in number or amount
531
1.2
To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud
358
1.0
To move down physically or emotionally, often when tired
344
3.7
To become less over time, for example in value or health
321
1.9
To become less in amount, size, or value
184
3.5
To become worse or fall to a lower level
93
4.0
An effect or feeling that becomes less strong and then stops
72
5.1
To become smaller or less in number over time
69
3.0
To become weaker and then disappear over time
48
6.4
To become less in size, amount, or strength
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2.7
To become less strong or loud over time
21
3.5
To become less in number or amount
19
4.3
To become less in amount or quality
16
4.1
To fall suddenly by a large amount, for example in price or activity
9
4.0
To become gradually less strong or severe
9
5.6
To slowly become weaker and then stop
9
4.5
To become smaller or weaker over time until it stops
8
4.2
To become quieter and then stop
3
3.9
To become less strong or busy
2
3.3
To become less over time
1
4.6
Slowly get smaller in number or amount until nothing remains
1
5.1
To become slowly smaller or less until almost nothing remains
To flow back or become less strong slowly
To become less strong or active
To lose energy or interest slowly until it fades
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to lose one's balance and drop down from something' is directly derivable from combining 'fall' (to drop from higher to lower) with 'off' (away from a surface). This motion verb + particle composition follows standard, cross-linguistically common patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Fall off comes from the simple picture of something on a shelf that falls and comes off, so there is less of it. That's why we use fall off to mean 'to decrease'.