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- better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice
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- the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment
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- word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock
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- manufacturing in the area is falling, and closing signs are going up all over
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- abate,
- de-escalate,
- decline,
- decrease,
- die (away or down or out),
- diminish,
- drain (away),
- drop (off),
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ebb,
- fall away,
- lessen,
- let up,
- lower,
- moderate,
- pall,
- phase down,
- ratchet (down)
- also rachet (down),
- recede,
- relent,
- remit,
- shrink,
- subside,
- taper,
- taper off,
- wane
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- the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful
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- not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent
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- even saints can fall
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- if their brave leader falls, the men will lose their courage
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- bite the dust,
- buy it
- (or buy the farm),
- give up the ghost,
- kick the bucket,
- snuff it
- [British]
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fall
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of fall (Entry 2 of 2)
- last night's record fall in temperature was a sure sign that winter's coming, like it or not
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- being sent back to the minor leagues was quite a fall for the once-promising pitcher
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- panicked during his first unassisted fall when his parachute's rip cord didn't respond to the first tug
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- that year the fall in prices was 10 cents for a gallon of regular gas
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- the sharp fall of the land sends rivers rushing to the seas
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“Fall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.
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