FELL OFF Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

fell off

verb

past tense of fall off

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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straightened

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Recent Examples of fell off The posts appear every 20 minutes, no author shows up twice, yesterday's topics include pet insurance and industrial valves and the search traffic fell off a cliff a year ago. — Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Official production fell off to almost nothing after the war, which isn't surprising, since there might have been as many as a million floating about with many never issued. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 Those software companies like Adobe, though, continued to climb, while his glorious tech socks fell off a cliff. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026 Officials told Indian media outlets that whatever fell off the glacier may have dropped into a glacial lake and blocked a river, resulting in the massive wave of ice, water and debris that plowed through settlements nearby. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 Law enforcement traced him via a license plate that fell off of his vehicle at the scene, then using cell phone tracking and license plate reader cameras. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 Last season, production getting to the QB fell off, with only 27 sacks, ranking 62nd in the nation. — Idaho Statesman, 22 Aug. 2026 Among them was a woman in her 80s who fell off the bed and suffered a serious hip injury in Yokohama, in the Kanagawa prefecture, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 The room started to shake so hard that pictures fell off the wall. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fell off

Verb

The uppers dipped low at the sides, while the pump’s heel curved inward before widening slightly at its base.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
The foreground object can warp the fabric of spacetime in such a way that the light's path is curved.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of curved

Verb

The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen's civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen’s civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.

— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of swept

Verb

But Kyle Isbel rounded out the bottom of the order with a 2-run blooper to left to give the Royals a 2-1 lead.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Huntington, West Virginia; Shreveport, Louisiana; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Brownsville, Texas, rounded out the bottom five.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026