fall off Идиома
fall off
decrease The number of tourists to visit the island has fallen off recently.
fall off the wagon
become drunk again, return to a bad habit The old man fell off the wagon. He got drunk last night.
the wheels fall off
it breaks, it fails, fall apart When the coach is away, our team loses. The wheels fall off!
wheels fall off
(See the wheels fall off)
Fall off the back of a lorry
(UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods.
Fall off the turnip truck
(USA) If someone has just fallen off the turnip truck, they are uninformed, naive and gullible. (Often used in the negative)
fall off|fall
To become less.
Business picked up in the stores during December, but dropped off again after Christmas. Contrast PICK UP
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fall off the wagon|fall|fall off|wagon
v. phr.,
slang,
alcoholism and drug culture To return to the consumption of an addictive, such as alcohol or drugs, after a period of abstinence.
Poor Joe has fallen off the wagon again
he is completely incoherent today.fall off
1. To abatement from a accurate apparent or position. Please be accurate not to abatement off the roof! I assuredly begin my phone—it charge accept collapsed off the bed.2. To abatement or lessen. Because this activity is demography so continued to complete, people's action about it has absolutely collapsed off.3. To about-face a address in the administration of the wind. Captain, we charge to abatement off a little, so as to not hit that embankment.Learn more: fall, offfall off (of something)
to bead off something. (of is usually retained afore pronouns.) A button fell off my shirt. I fell off the log. The twigs fell off of him as he stood up.Learn more: fall, offfall off
to abatement or diminish. Business avalanche off during the summer months. My absorption in academy fell off back I became twenty.Learn more: fall, offfall off
v.
1. To bead or alight from the top of something: I fell off the ladder and aching my knee.
2. To become less; decrease: Stock prices fell off markedly, consistent in a accident for bags of accounts. The cardinal of agents affairs fell off afterwards a few months as our antecedent activity waned. I started a new diet and the pounds fell off.
3. To lose weight. Used of livestock: Toward the end of the dry season, the beasts abatement off rapidly.
4. Nautical To change advance to leeward: We accept a lot of burden on the sail; let's abatement off a little.
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