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View usage for: Definition to slope down On either side of the tracks the ground fell away sharply. Definition to decrease in size or intensity Demand began to fall away. Additional synonymsDefinition to make or become smaller, fewer, or less The threat of war has diminished. Synonyms decrease, decline, lessen, contract, weaken, shrink, dwindle, wane, recede, subside, ebb, taper, die out, fade away, abate, peter outDefinition to sink to a lower position, as on a scale The ground dropped away steeply. Synonyms decline, fall, sink, dip, slope, descend, fall away, slope downwards Definition to decrease in amount, strength, or value Temperatures can drop to freezing at night. Synonyms fall, lower, sink, decline, plunge, slump, diminish, decrease, plummet, dwindle, lessen, slacken- fall apart
- fall apart at the seams
- fall asleep
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on something or someone
- fall behind
1. phrasal verbIf something falls away from the thing it is attached to, it breaks off. Officials say that one or two engines fell away from the plane shortly after takeoff. [VERB PARTICLE + from] [Also VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verbIf you say that land falls away, you mean it slopes downwards from a particular point. On either side of the tracks the ground fell away sharply. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verbIf the degree, amount, or size of something falls away, it decreases. His coalition may hold a clear majority but this could quickly fall away. [VERB PARTICLE] Demand began to fall away. [VERB PARTICLE] See full dictionary entry for fallfall away in British Englishverb (intr, adverb)1. (of friendship) to be withdrawn fall away in American English 1. to take away friendship, support, etc.; desert 2. to become less in size, strength, etc.; specif., to grow thin and weak See full dictionary entry for fall Examples of 'fall away' in a sentencefall away |