falling off

NOUN
  1. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
    a gradual slack in output
    a falloff in quality
    the team went into a slump
    a drop-off in attendance
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How To Use falling off In A Sentence

  • I will not be there with a £180 ticket to be biffed into kingdom come by some insane person on the end of a weighted rope - or falling off it - but good luck to those who come to brave the 2 chords of U2 at warp volume and other truffles of this cultural feast. Bono and The Edge defend Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
  • It's a falling off sort of place where the ‘real’ slides into a chthonic state of being.
  • Where, however, acetylene or other gas is flowing through pipes or apparatus there is a loss of energy, indicated by a falling off in the pressure due to friction, or to the performance of work, such as actuating a gas-meter. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use
  • The machine's arms lifted up, grasping it's head, rock and stone cracking and falling off in large boulders.
  • The Kent athlete sprained his ankle after falling off a bus on Friday and competed with heavy strapping.
  • I balanced a peanut on the end and watched the 'rimming' scene without it falling off. Army Rumour Service
  • Legend has it that the lammergeier will sometimes dive at animals, even humans, trying to scare them into falling off the escarpment.
  • I may not be the greatest rider of all time, but I do try to make a point of not falling off when going in a straight line over level ground.
  • The fruit is notorious for not falling off the tree, even when it is ripe to the point of spoiling.
  • Bending easily without falling off, she padded a soft material over the wire and fastened it together.
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