drop off
— phrasal verb with drop uk/drɒp/us/drɑːp/verb -pp-
(SLEEP)
to start to sleep
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- sleep over
- sleeper
- sleepyhead
- slept
- sound
- soundly
- tuck
- tuck sb in
- turn
- turn in
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(DECREASE)
If the amount, number, or quality of something drops off, it becomes less:
The demand for mobile phones shows no signs of dropping off.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- nip
- slash
- step sth down
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
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