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Fall off
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of falloff. alt-of, alternative
- 1 To become detached or to drop from. intransitive, transitive
"A button fell off my coat."
- 2 diminish in size or intensity wordnet
- 3 To diminish in size, value, etc. To get worse (in quality). intransitive
"Business always falls off in the winter."
- 4 fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly wordnet
- 5 To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
"'Why d'ye see, Captain Vangs,' says bold Jack, 'I'm as good a helmsman as ever put hand to spoke; but none of us can steer the old lady now. We can't keep her full and bye, sir; watch her ever so close, she will fall off and then, sir, when I put the helm down so gently, and try like to coax her to the work, she won't take it kindly, but will fall round off again; and it's all because she knows the land is under the lee, sir, and she won't go any more to windward.'"
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- 6 come off wordnet
- 7 To fall into sin; stray. intransitive
"I am bound to say that no one has fallen off so frequently as myself. I have renounced the devil and all his works; but it is by word of mouth only—by word of mouth only."
Etymology
From fall + off; and also dissimilated from Middle English offallen (“to destroy, defeat, ruin, fail”), from Old English offeallan (“to fall upon, destroy”).
From fall + off; and also dissimilated from Middle English offallen (“to destroy, defeat, ruin, fail”), from Old English offeallan (“to fall upon, destroy”).
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