as in curved
to turn away from a straight line or course
the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay
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Recent Examples of fallen off
The crown is cracked and one of the spikes has fallen off.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Penda Health, a network of medical clinics in Kenya, treats an enormous range of patients, from newborns sickened by malaria to construction workers who have fallen off buildings.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Jones made the Pro Bowl and led the New England Patriots to the playoffs as a rookie, but his game has fallen off a cliff ever since.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But plenty of people have fallen off the top of the mountain over the years as markets rise and fall.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
Job creation has fallen off a cliff in recent months, with the economy adding just 22,000 jobs in August.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
By his thinking, Lachlan would stay the course and maintain the current editorial direction of Fox, which has seen its ratings rise over the past year even as the number of pay TV viewers have fallen off a cliff.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The wheels have since fallen off the bus, and the bus has exploded.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Gonzalez has played well and has been particularly dominant against left-handed pitching, but Toro’s production has fallen off after a hot start.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
Callum Sutherland, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Penda Health, a network of medical clinics in Kenya, treats an enormous range of patients, from newborns sickened by malaria to construction workers who have fallen off buildings.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Jones made the Pro Bowl and led the New England Patriots to the playoffs as a rookie, but his game has fallen off a cliff ever since.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But plenty of people have fallen off the top of the mountain over the years as markets rise and fall.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
Job creation has fallen off a cliff in recent months, with the economy adding just 22,000 jobs in August.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
By his thinking, Lachlan would stay the course and maintain the current editorial direction of Fox, which has seen its ratings rise over the past year even as the number of pay TV viewers have fallen off a cliff.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The wheels have since fallen off the bus, and the bus has exploded.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Gonzalez has played well and has been particularly dominant against left-handed pitching, but Toro’s production has fallen off after a hot start.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallen off
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The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The angles of the rooms are all curved, and there’s a circular quality to the sets that gives the impression that nothing leads anywhere.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Tigers won two of three against the Mariners early in the season, then got swept by Seattle at home and were outscored 35-14 during a July series that marked the start of a horrid slide.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Teams have swept the area with thermal cameras to check for any more survivors, to no avail.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Fallen off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallen%20off. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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