FALLS OFF Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

falls off

verb

present tense third-person singular of fall off

as in curves

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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straightens

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Recent Examples of falls off How Long to Boil a Chicken For boiling or poaching a whole chicken or its pieces, cook until the meat easily falls off the bones. — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2026 Even though The Fool has forward momentum, like Plath, that momentum can lead to hesitancy — one step in the wrong direction, and The Fool falls off the cliff. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 The 240fps mode looks pretty good, but picture quality falls off a cliff at higher frame rates. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026 When the share price goes off, falls off the cliff. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026 But the quality falls off dramatically after that, with Scotland and Haiti both playing in a World Cup for the first time this century. — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 Over time, that shapes who advances, who stays and who falls off the path. — Subha Barry, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Like, if something falls off when Bad Bunny is on the red carpet. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 5 May 2026 The risk is that his game falls off a cliff, as David Booth’s did, but the five-year term helps mitigate that risk. — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for falls off

Verb

Ukiah to Boonville Head southwest on Highway 253, a two-lane road that curves through a dense forest.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026
Out front, a striking carport canopy dramatically curves over the angled driveway, suspended by slender steel support columns.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of curves

Verb

As the star spins, the magnetic field coming out of the surface catches that wind and sweeps it up.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
Sign up for the newsletter When the rain does fall, Kabul’s hard, impermeable surfaces mean the water doesn’t replenish aquifers, but instead sweeps through the city as flash floods, destroying homes, killing people and rolling away.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026