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fall off a cliff

fall off a cliff verb: to suddenly decrease in quantity; to become less popular or successful.

Verb

fall off a cliff (third-person singular simple present falls off a cliff, present participle falling off a cliff, simple past fell off a cliff, past participle fallen off a cliff)

  1. (intransitive) To suddenly decrease in quantity; to become less popular or successful.
    • It's popular now, sure, but its popularity will fall off a cliff at some point.2016 July 15, HarpingOn [username], “Re: This Pokeymans Gone thing”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)
    • Still, top Biden campaign officials are already bracing themselves for a July fund-raising report — which will not become public until mid-August — that is expected to show the campaign’s finances falling off a cliff.2024 July 11, Theodore Schleifer, Jacob Bernstein, Reid J. Epstein, “How Biden Lost George Clooney and Hollywood”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of fall off a cliff

third-person singular presentfalls off a cliff
present participlefalling off a cliff
pastfell off a cliff
past participlefallen off a cliff

Questions about fall off a cliff

What does fall off a cliff mean?
Fall off a cliff means to suddenly decrease in quantity; to become less popular or successful.
What part of speech is fall off a cliff?
Fall off a cliff is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall off a cliff?
The past tense of fall off a cliff is fell off a cliff.

Words near fall off a cliff in the dictionary

  1. fall of shot
  2. fall of the leaf
  3. fall of the wall
  4. fall of wicket
  5. fall off
  6. fall off a cliff
  7. fall off a truck
  8. fall off one's chair
  9. fall off one's perch
  10. fall off the back of a lorry
  11. fall off the back of a truck

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