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Princeton's WordNet

  1. slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling offnoun

    a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

    "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"

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  1. falling off

    Falling off refers to a decline, decrease, or deterioration in quality, quantity, intensity, or value of something. It can also denote physically dropping or descending from a higher point or level to a lower one. In more abstract terms, it could mean the diminishing of certain behavior, performance, output, popularity or interest over a period of time.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. falling off

    The opposite of griping, or coming up to the wind; it is the movement or direction of the ship's head to leeward of the point whither it was lately directed, particularly when she sails near the wind, or lies by. Also, the angle contained between her nearest approach to the direction of the wind, and her furthest declination from it when trying.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of FALLING OFF in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of FALLING OFF in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of FALLING OFF in a Sentence

  1. Ted Rossman:

    Consumer spending certainly isn’t falling off a cliff, but we are seeing ample evidence that Americans are becoming more reluctant to make certain purchases, especially larger expenses and acquiring physical goods, services spending has been more robust, perhaps still owing to pent-up demand that stacked up during the pandemic for things like traveling and dining out.

  2. Michael McGarry:

    Uniform minimum railing heights and balcony heights, structural barriers along with many other safety measures prevent passengers who are acting responsibly from falling off a cruise ship.

  3. Chuck Ragan:

    I think this is the most mature material that I’ve ever been able to do, I’ve gotten a little older and while I had a blast with all the yelling and the sweating and falling off the stage, this is who I am right now.

  4. Brian Church:

    Once you get to mid-fifties, things start falling off, your reflexes are not as sharp as they were when you were younger.

  5. Austin Gall:

    A lot of what we are first working on is balance, just being able to balance along a rail without falling off or just simple things like footwork and jumping really low small distances.

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