fall away

fall away
phrasal verb [intransitive]
Word forms "fall away":
present tense I/you/we/they fall away he/she/it falls away present participle falling away past tense fell away past participle fallen away
1) if something falls away, it breaks off from the thing it was fixed to

Plaster was falling away from the walls.

2) to become smaller or lower in amount, level, value etc

Sales have fallen away sharply.

3) if land falls away, it slopes down suddenly from a particular point
4) British literary if something such as a sound or feeling falls away, it becomes weaker and disappears

English dictionary. 2014.

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