as in curving
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 falling off
The hilarious clip, shared on Instagram on Friday under the username @mostly_ghostly1, shows the poster lying by the edge of the bed, almost falling off of it, while her rescue pup, Mookie, sleeps right in the middle, snuggled up to her husband.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Allen Frank was recovering from complications from falling off the roof while cleaning the siding of the couple’s home in Rich Fountain in October.
—Bram Sable-Smith, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Matt Remick falling off a water taxi outside the Excelsior?
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Getty Images Frankie Muniz will miss six to eight weeks of racing in the Nascar Craftsman Truck Series after falling off a ladder.
—Joseph Wolkin, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Come between mid-September and mid-October and the park is awash with color; the western larch in particular gets a lot of admirers as its needles turn yellow before falling off (which rarely happens to coniferous trees).
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Cover and cook until meat is tender but not falling off the bone, 3 hours on HIGH or 6 hours on LOW.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
In August 2021, Moore died after falling off a balcony at age 41.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is depicted as the agency’s dog-murdering leader, whose over-Botoxed face keeps falling off and terrorizing people.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Allen Frank was recovering from complications from falling off the roof while cleaning the siding of the couple’s home in Rich Fountain in October.
—Bram Sable-Smith, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Matt Remick falling off a water taxi outside the Excelsior?
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Getty Images Frankie Muniz will miss six to eight weeks of racing in the Nascar Craftsman Truck Series after falling off a ladder.
—Joseph Wolkin, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Come between mid-September and mid-October and the park is awash with color; the western larch in particular gets a lot of admirers as its needles turn yellow before falling off (which rarely happens to coniferous trees).
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Cover and cook until meat is tender but not falling off the bone, 3 hours on HIGH or 6 hours on LOW.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
In August 2021, Moore died after falling off a balcony at age 41.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is depicted as the agency’s dog-murdering leader, whose over-Botoxed face keeps falling off and terrorizing people.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falling off
curving
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The palace itself, which burned down many times over the centuries and in 1855 was rebuilt in the Heian style, is breathtaking in scale, with astonishing roofs curving up at the corners, constructed of layers of cypress bark lashed into place with bamboo strips.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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As a result, the city was restored along modern lines after World War II, so that the curving Paseo de Pereda and Avenida de la Reina sweep the shore and beach of El Sardinero, one of the loveliest in Spain.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Falling off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falling%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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