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fall off

verb as in decline

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noun as in a lessening

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In recent months they have provided medical assistance, picked up trash, spread mulch, painted fences, and helped elderly locals who fell off their bicycles, according to National Guard officials.

“How Was I Supposed to Know?” fell off the R&B ranking in its second week.

One of the DC-10 passenger plane’s engines fell off during takeoff, damaging hydraulics and causing the crew to lose control of the plane.

Nearly all their leaves have wilted or fallen off, creating the bed of dead leaves we’re on now.

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To take a cue from Shakespeare, then, the switch from peerless Penelope to morose Master Gogolev might well make a person say, “O children, what a falling off was there!”

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

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