fall+off

  • 1fall-off — UK US noun [C] ► a reduction in something such as profits, sales, etc.: a fall off in sth »The company blamed the fall off in profits on higher operating expenses …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2fall off — See: DROP OFF(4) …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3fall off — See: DROP OFF(4) …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 4fall off — index decrease, degenerate, ebb, subside Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 5fall off — UK US fall off Phrasal Verb with fall({{}}/fɔːl/ verb (fell, fallen) ► [I] to get lower in amount or level: »Orders have definitely fallen off in the past quarter …

    Financial and business terms

  • 6fall off — phr verb Fall off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bit, ↑number, ↑plaster, ↑sale, ↑wheel Fall off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bicycle, ↑bike, ↑ladder, ↑motorcycle …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 7fall off — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, apostacize, apostatize, ascend, bank, bate, be eaten away, bolt, break away, cant, careen, carry away, cascade, cataract, change sides, climb, collapse, come apart, come down, come off, come undone, come …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8fall off — verb a) To become detached or to drop from. A button fell off my coat. b) To diminish in size or value. Business always falls off in the winter …

    Wiktionary

  • 9To fall off — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10To fall off — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English