fall off
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to fall off (third-person singular simple present falls off, present participle falling off, simple past fell off, past participle fallen off)
- (transitive and intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
- A button fell off my coat.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- Dorothy stood up and found she was in her stocking-feet. For the Silver Shoes had fallen off in her flight through the air, and were lost forever in the desert.
- (intransitive) To diminish in size, value etc.
- Business always falls off in the winter.
- MC ___'s new album is wack - he's fallen off big-time.
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