FALL AWAY Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

fall away

verb

as in to decrease

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away

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Recent Examples of fall away Two minutes and 40 seconds after liftoff, the Super Heavy fell away and the Starship continued the climb to space on the power of its six Raptor engines. —

William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025 With Republicans now in charge, the barriers to the bill’s passage appear to have fallen away. —

Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 This frame, Christmas music falls away from the rankings in a huge way, as now that the actual day has passed, people are no longer interested in buying and streaming holiday tunes and full-lengths any longer—at least not until next time around. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 The driver dragged Foster, 64, for half a mile before the victim fell away from the car, landing in the street near Linden Blvd. —

Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fall away

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Africa’s lion population has decreased by nearly half over the past quarter century, according to the African Wildlife Foundation, and the lion is regionally extinct in 15 African countries.

— Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
In other second-quarter statistics, there was a 50.9 percent gross margin rate, representing an increase of 110 basis points year-over-year; inventory decreased 1.3 percent last quarter to 404.6 million euros.

— David Moin, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025