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
More Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Volpoe has not only carried over his lackluster offense from his first two seasons, but his defense has fallen off a cliff.
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 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
To me the rap game has kind of fallen off.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025
Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 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
To me the rap game has kind of fallen off.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallen off
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Bathrooms are also curved, with an abundance of wood and dark-green tile.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
27 Aug. 2025
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The skull vault curved like that of Homo sapiens.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Aug. 2025
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The wildfire that swept through Chinese Camp, dubbed the 6-5 Fire, had grown to 6,984 acres as of Thursday and was 0% contained, according to Cal Fire.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Released in 2004, the film follows Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Fallen off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallen%20off. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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