FALLEN OFF Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

fallen off

verb

past participle of fall off

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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straightened

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Recent Examples of fallen off Arkansas’ running game has fallen off A much grimmer running game story is the one at Arkansas. — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 If Jenn is low-hanging fruit for Victoria, Carmella is whatever’s fallen off the tree and spoiled on the ground. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 The California condo is dying Condo construction in California has fallen off dramatically since the early 2000s, severely limiting access to the entry-level market for homeownership. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 So far, only a handful of restaurants have lost favor with the guide and fallen off the list, including Wyld in Beaver Creek and AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q in Denver (even before it was engulfed in scandal). — Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026 As a shocking chart by the Wall Street Journal illustrates, the amount of capital spent on non-data center construction in the US has quite literally fallen off a cliff, while the capital deployed to build data centers soars into the stratosphere. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026 But a decade later, in January of this year, natural gas generation had fallen off the chart entirely, replaced by solar (10%), wind (44%) and battery storage (46%), the study says. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026 While riding a horse, the band on Cedarstaff's hat had fallen off. — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Adame was arrested last week in Tulare County after law enforcement found a license plate that had fallen off his car, then later found his vehicle abandoned in Sunnyvale. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallen off

Verb

The uppers dipped low at the sides, while the pump’s heel curved inward before widening slightly at its base.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
The foreground object can warp the fabric of spacetime in such a way that the light's path is curved.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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Verb

The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen's civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen’s civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.

— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026