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Definition of Drop-off

1. Noun. A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. "A falloff in quality"

2. Noun. A steep high face of rock. "A steep drop"

3. Noun. A change downward. "There was a sharp drop-off in sales"

Definition of Drop-off

1. Noun. A sudden downward slope ¹

2. Noun. A sudden decrease (such as in the level of sales) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop-off

droopy drop drop-back drop-backs drop-ball drop-dead drop-down drop-down list drop-down menu drop-in

drop-ins drop-kick drop-kicker drop-leaf drop-leaf table drop-off (current term) drop-off charge drop-offs drop-out drop-seed

drop a bollock drop a bombshell drop a brick drop a dime drop a hint drop a line drop acid drop anchor drop arch

Literary usage of Drop-off

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1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... leaving the ends of them on the tree, which strengthen it much ; and when after many years they drop off, the tree is weakened by it, and very often is ..."

2. The New English by Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant (1886)
"Among the Verbs are wheel (in a chair), cut a dash, go further and fare worse, to hurry- scurry, drop off (mori), gone to the dogs. ..."

3. Intimate China: The Chinese as I Have Seen Them by Archibald Little (1899)
"Feet drop off.— Pain till Death.—Typical Cases.—Eczema, Ulcera- tion, Mortification.—General Health affected. IT is a popular error in England to suppose ..."

4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"... they cannot have too much water ; after that they want much less, or the leaves turn yellow and drop off. Some years I grow Solanum jasminoides over ..."

5. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"In areas where entanglement is not a problem, divers may wish occasionally to drop off the towline during traverses to investigate objects of interest. ..."

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