fallaway

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adjective

fall·​away ˈfȯl-ə-ˌwā 

: made while moving away from the basket in basketball

a fallaway jump shot

fallaway noun

fall away

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verb

fell away; fallen away; falling away; falls away

intransitive verb

1

a

: to withdraw friendship or support

b

: to renounce one's faith

2

a

: to diminish gradually in size

b

: to drift off a course

Synonyms

Verb

• decrease
• diminish
• subside
• fall
• die (away or down or out)
• decline
• ease
• drain (away)
• taper off

Examples of fallaway in a Sentence

Verb

as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

His fallaway, one-legged jumper at 6-11 is impossible to defend. —Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023

And from the driver's seat, the thing looks racy, sporting a short, fallaway hood and sweeping lines (accentuated in the CRX by the roof tapering down behind your head to an impertinent little ducktail). —Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023

Verb

The Framework stresses that, without policy actions, strategic plans risk moving in different directions, lose coherence or fall away. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

Questions were fielded, concerns aired, and one by one, the reservations fell away. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1936, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1a