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fall offs

fall offs is the plural of fall off.

Meaning of fall off

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To become detached or to drop from.
    • A button fell off my coat.
    Synonyms:
    drop off
  2. (intransitive) To diminish in size, value, etc.; to get worse (in quality).
    • Business always falls off in the winter.
    Synonyms:
    drop off
  3. To change the direction of a sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
    • 'Why d'ye see, Captain Vangs,' says bold Jack, 'I'm as good a helmsman as ever put hand to spoke; but none of us can steer the old lady now. We can't keep her full and bye, sir; watch her ever so close, she will fall off and then, sir, when I put the helm down so gently, and try like to coax her to...1846, Melville, Typee, chapter 1
  4. (intransitive) To fall into sin; to stray.
    • I am bound to say that no one has fallen off so frequently as myself. I have renounced the devil and all his works; but it is by word of mouth only—by word of mouth only.1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

Questions about fall offs

What is fall offs the plural of?
Fall offs is the plural of fall off.

Words near fall offs in the dictionary

  1. fall off the radar
  2. fall off the turnip truck
  3. fall off the twig
  4. fall off the ugly tree
  5. fall off the wagon
  6. fall offs
  7. fall on
  8. fall on a grenade
  9. fall on deaf ears
  10. fall on hard times
  11. fall on one's face

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