fall off phrasal verb (see also fall)

1. fall off (something) if part of something falls off, it becomes separated from the main part:
The door handle keeps falling off.
A button had fallen off her jacket.

2. if the amount, rate, or quality of something falls off, it decreases Synonym : fall Antonym : rise:
Audience figures fell off during the second series of the programme.

3. somebody nearly/almost fell off their chair spoken used to say that someone was very surprised when something happened:
When I saw my brother on the stage I nearly fell off my chair.
⇒ fall off the back of a lorry at lorry

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ˈfall-off (also ˌfalling-ˈoff British English) noun [singular]
a decrease in the level, amount, or number of something Synonym : fall Antonym : rise
fall-off in
a fall-off in profits

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fall off
to become less.
Sales of handguns fell off sharply after the gun control law went into effect.

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fall off
to decrease
The number of tourists to the island is falling off.

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fall off
To become less.
Business picked up in the stores during December, but dropped off again after Christmas. Contrast PICK UP¹⁴.

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