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 García failed to make the scoop — his glove fell off on the play — picked up the loose ball, and then fired to an unoccupied third base. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 After the wheels fell off Donkoh remembers the team meeting in October of last year. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 The front fell off … The Long March 7A rocket was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and is operated by the state’s space agency. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 The Sox don’t know if the metal ball was removed by someone or just fell off and somebody took it. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Hitting her opening standing full twist, Blakely nearly fell off the beam on her acrobatic series but found her rhythm over the course of the routine. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The officer jumped the fence and shoved Manz so hard his hat fell off. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 Leading 1-0 going into the bottom of the fifth, though, the wheels fell off against North Carolina. — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026 The writer-producer also shared that O’Hare got married and had a child as the years went on, and got treatment for his mental health issues, but later fell off his medication and off the grid. — Jp Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fell off

Verb

In reality, the well may be drilled nearly 1 mile deep, and then curved by turning roughly 4 degrees every 100 feet.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
The frontier is curved, as existing resources are less efficient for some outputs than others.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of curved

Verb

The Lakers made the playoffs in 2013 but were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round, just weeks after Kobe Bryant suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon tear.

— Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
In the small community of Waiohinu on the southern point of Hawaii's Big Island, a mudslide swept through and destroyed about a dozen homes.

— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of swept

Verb

When exact change cannot be provided, cash totals that end in one, two, six or seven cents may be rounded down to the nearest amount divisible by five.

— Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Wearing her waist-length brunette tresses in a middle part, Woodley rounded out her glam with a barely-there makeup look consisting of dewy bronzer, mauve blush, and a matching shade of lip balm.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 12 Aug. 2026