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
Screws that fell off a truck on Highway 285 lodged into the tires of dozens of vehicles.
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Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 10 June 2026
The wheels completely fell off for Cabrera in the fourth inning.
—Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
Roth, who also shares her daughter, Hazel, 6, with husband Brett Roth, explained that her daughter fell off the couch and hit her head on the coffee table, causing an indentation where her eyebrow is supposed to be.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
The slider started near the bottom of the zone, fell off the table and bounced at home plate.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 26 May 2026
The left engine also fell off in that crash, which killed 273 people.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Separately, 10 people were killed after a pickup truck fell off a bridge in the southern region of Guangxi on Saturday, Xinhua reported.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
Henry was strolling across the stage in a long, flowing orange gown during the contest's preliminary evening gown round in Thailand when the beauty personality suddenly fell off the stage, as seen in social media video of the incident shared at the time.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 18 May 2026
While following the teen, Schuman fell off his bicycle, and the boy laughed at him, according to the affidavit.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 10 June 2026
The wheels completely fell off for Cabrera in the fourth inning.
—Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
Roth, who also shares her daughter, Hazel, 6, with husband Brett Roth, explained that her daughter fell off the couch and hit her head on the coffee table, causing an indentation where her eyebrow is supposed to be.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
The slider started near the bottom of the zone, fell off the table and bounced at home plate.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 26 May 2026
The left engine also fell off in that crash, which killed 273 people.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Separately, 10 people were killed after a pickup truck fell off a bridge in the southern region of Guangxi on Saturday, Xinhua reported.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
Henry was strolling across the stage in a long, flowing orange gown during the contest's preliminary evening gown round in Thailand when the beauty personality suddenly fell off the stage, as seen in social media video of the incident shared at the time.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 18 May 2026
While following the teen, Schuman fell off his bicycle, and the boy laughed at him, according to the affidavit.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fell off
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Mechanical design shift Traditional stellarators require complex, curved three-dimensional magnetic coils to contain plasma.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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Map an Outline A cut lawn edge can be curved or straight.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
Verb
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Tornados hit an area northwest of Pittsburgh after storms swept through much of Western and Central Pennsylvania the previous evening, the National Weather Service confirmed on June 15.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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For now, though, relief swept through financial markets worldwide.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Minutes later, a black party bus rounded the corner.—
Danielle Dorsey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Tyler Adams and Sergiño Dest rounded out the top five, tied at $7 million.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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