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View definitions for fall away

fall away

verb as in drop off

verb as in lose ground

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Example Sentences

She fell away from the band when they became a global success and toured the UK less but years later she was able to roll back to them after attending a gig in 1994.

From BBC

"I fall away quite a bit. I've got a tall release and angle it back into the right-hander. Maybe I bring something a little bit different."

From BBC

It’s a measure of the strength of Max's character that he has managed to handle this with such equanimity, especially as the team’s competitive form was falling away at the same time.

From BBC

It came too late to save Sudan from the economic crisis that crushed its democratic experiment and fell away after Trump lost to Joe Biden.

From BBC

When the office of the president refuses to accept the checks and balances that underlie the democratic system, the country’s trust in negotiated, reasonable and restrained outcomes understandably falls away.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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