单词 | fall away |
释义 | fall awaySEE SYNONYMS FOR fall away ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr, adverb)(of friendship) to be withdrawn to slope down Words nearby fall awayfallal, fall all over oneself, fall among, fall apart, fall asleep, fall away, fallback, fall back on, fall behind, fall between the cracks, fallboard Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with fall awayfall away Also, fall off. Withdraw one's friendship, support, or allegiance. For example, After the divorce, her friends slowly fell away. [Early 1500s] Also, fall off. Gradually decline in size or strength, as in The breeze slowly fell away, or, as Shakespeare put it (King Lear, 1:2): “Love cools, friendship falls off, Brothers divide.” [Early 1500s] Drift from an established faith, cause, or principles. For example, I fell away from the Catholic Church when I was a teenager. [Early 1500] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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