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 fell off
On the services side, those were lifted by a spike in airfare prices, which have moved higher after demand fell off due to economic and air safety uncertainty.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Dramatic video shows the moment nearly 70 shipping containers fell off a cargo ship Tuesday and were left bobbing in the ocean at the Port of Long Beach in California.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
One of the producers actually fell off his chair laughing.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Twenty-two people who fell off a previous Forbes 400 list managed to climb back into the ranks this year, including Charles Ergen of Dish Network and EchoStar, David Baszucki of gaming platform Roblox and the Facebook-famous, crypto-investing Winklevoss twins.
—Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The operator of the mower began to reverse, and the child either fell off or jumped off.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Nosedived pretty spectacularly at Manchester United when his end-product fell off a cliff amid question marks over his attitude from successive managers.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Last season, however, North Carolina fell off a bit and finished the year with a 6-7 record.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The nickel kind of tripped, fell off, was wide open.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Dramatic video shows the moment nearly 70 shipping containers fell off a cargo ship Tuesday and were left bobbing in the ocean at the Port of Long Beach in California.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
One of the producers actually fell off his chair laughing.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Twenty-two people who fell off a previous Forbes 400 list managed to climb back into the ranks this year, including Charles Ergen of Dish Network and EchoStar, David Baszucki of gaming platform Roblox and the Facebook-famous, crypto-investing Winklevoss twins.
—Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The operator of the mower began to reverse, and the child either fell off or jumped off.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Nosedived pretty spectacularly at Manchester United when his end-product fell off a cliff amid question marks over his attitude from successive managers.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Last season, however, North Carolina fell off a bit and finished the year with a 6-7 record.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The nickel kind of tripped, fell off, was wide open.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fell 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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After the shooting, the school was placed in a lockdown and officials swept the campus.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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That’s more exciting to me than last year, when James swept the fiction categories, with even the Pulitzer board overriding their fiction judges to award the big prize to Percival Everett’s novel.—
Maris Kreizman,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Amazon Data Services rounded out the top 11 list with an increase of 102 approvals, from 441 to 543 year-over-year.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The feature set is rounded out by a low-latency gaming mode, which provides 1ms input lag, a 240Hz refresh rate, and VRR, alongside 24W Harman/Kardon drivers for audio.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Fell off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fell%20off. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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