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 staff at Children's Hospital LA said the couple's story that the child fell off a bed did not match the injuries. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Schumacher and his next Ferrari teammate, Rubens Barrichello, fell off the road in all-red unison during a shower in the 2001 race. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The announcement of season three being the final one doesn’t come as too big a surprise, considering that viewing numbers for the series fell off by a good amount from seasons one to two. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 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

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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The signature curved heel from the designer’s Larroudé past collections returns, but this time also in a kitten heel iteration.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of curved

Verb

As Florida and Alabama cleaned up after Isaias swept through the day before, the storm’s remnants brought the risk of flooding to the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic region on Sunday.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Related Though local law enforcement swept Tulsa’s BOK Center and its surroundings and determined the threat was not credible on Friday, the show was still called off.

— Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of swept

Verb

Napa leather linings, a cabochon clasp inlaid with white mother-of-pearl, and interchangeable silk tassels available in 12 colors to encourage customers’ personalization rounded out the style.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Wells ran through the stop sign of third-base coach Luis Rojas, who raised both arms before Wells rounded second.

— Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026