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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 years, however, what was already a steep decline has fallen off a cliff.

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We have all heard about Eubank's four nights in hospital and his toenails falling off.

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Before the restoration they were cracked and dirty — some had fallen off altogether and others were marred by biological growth.

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"Honestly it was like falling off a hormonal cliff edge," she told BBC Radio Sussex.

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The low level of new claims filed stands in “stark contrast” to the latest Challenger job-cuts data and shows the labor market isn’t falling off a cliff, Oren Klachkin, Nationwide’s financial market economist, wrote recently.

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