falling off
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4.8
- noun
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declive
- The manager reported a noticeable falling off in product quality over the last quarter.
Yeah, Bros, your fall off needs to be studied.
- Yeah, Bros, your fall off needs to be studied.
Examples
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The coach observed a steady falling off in the team's performance during the season.
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My hunch is that after 1917 there was a rapid falling off of working-class interest in Thoreauvian ideas.
Academic text (1999) -
We, we, we saw a fall off of supply available in gold earlier this year.
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- Well I asked 'em and they just said that business was falling off is all.
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The unpleasant fact is that church attendance is falling off everywhere, gentlemen.
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I noticed a slight falling-off in attendance today.
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Better than 20 years ago, Romano Amerio remarked in Iota Unum on the dramatic falling off of Rome's intellectual specific gravity.
Blog text (6) -
After several months of challenges, there was a significant falling off in employee morale at the company.
Synonyms
230
2.5
A sudden large decrease in amount or value
106
2.5
A sudden drop in amount, value, or importance
94
4.5
A period when activity or quality is lower than usual
65
4.6
A period when business or the economy falls a lot
50
3.3
A sudden fall in amount or value
10
3.9
A sudden decrease in amount, quality or rate
3
4.0
A drop in amount, level, or quality
1
6.7
A slow drop from an expected level of performance
1
6.7
A slow decrease in strength, amount, or intensity
1
5.1
A period when something gets worse
1
5.2
A slow decrease in size, number, or strength
1
3.9
A fall in how good something is over time
1
6.0
A gradual decrease in size or strength
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'falling off' is compositionally built from the verb 'fall' (to drop) plus the particle 'off' (away/down from a norm), so the idea of a decline is directly inferable from the constituents. This motion-away/decline pattern is common in English (and paralleled in many other languages), so an average B1 learner who knows both words would likely understand the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun falling off comes from the simple image of something falling off a shelf or a tree, leaving less behind. So, when people talk about a falling off in performance or sales, they mean 'a drop' or 'a decrease' in amount or quality.