fall away
Example Sentences
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McIlroy's victory at the Masters came 14 years after he looked set to win at Augusta National, having led by four shots after three rounds in 2011 before falling away.
From BBC
But I hear a loud crack and sense my glasses falling away as I stagger backward.
From Literature
Wilson, 33, won the World Championship in May 2023 and four tournaments last season, but his form has fallen away this season.
From BBC
If enough renewable energy and battery storage is brought onstream, fossil fuels will no longer set the price of electricity and costs will fall away.
Now, no matter where I am in the world, as I slide up to the window and watch the platform fall away, I feel the comfort of coming home.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.