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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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- abates,
- declines,
- decreases,
- de-escalates,
- dies (away or down or out),
- diminishes,
- drains (away),
- drops (off),
- dwindles,
- eases,
- ebbs,
- falls away,
- lessens,
- lets up,
- lowers,
- moderates,
- palls,
- phases down,
- ratchets (down)
- also rachets (down),
- recedes,
- relents,
- remits,
- shrinks,
- subsides,
- tapers,
- tapers off,
- wanes
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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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- bites the dust,
- buys it
- (or buys the farm),
- gives up the ghost,
- kicks the bucket,
- snuffs it
- [British]
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“Falls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falls. Accessed 21 May. 2022.
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