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someone's star falls

someone's star falls phrase: when someone or something has lost its former popularity or acclaim.

Phrase

someone's star falls

  1. When someone or something has lost its former popularity or acclaim.
    • Her star has fallen since then and she no longer has many followers.
    • Levi-Strauss's star is fallen now, and such extreme statements seem, in retrospect, a little bit ridiculous.2011, David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years, page 117
    Synonyms:
    fall off, decline

Synonyms of someone's star falls

Questions about someone's star falls

What does someone's star falls mean?
Someone's star falls means when someone or something has lost its former popularity or acclaim.
What part of speech is someone's star falls?
Someone's star falls is a phrase.

Words near someone's star falls in the dictionary

  1. someone's heart goes out
  2. someone's heart is in
  3. someone's jaw dropped
  4. someone's luck is in
  5. someone's number is up
  6. someone's star falls
  7. someones
  8. somepin
  9. someplace
  10. someplace else
  11. someplaces

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