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Definition of Falling off
1. Noun. A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. "A falloff in quality"
Generic synonyms: Declension, Decline In Quality, Deterioration, Worsening
Derivative terms: Drop Off, Fall Off, Fall Off, Slack, Slack, Slack, Slump
Definition of Falling off
1. Verb. (present participle of fall off) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falling Off
Literary usage of Falling off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"Yet Plymouth and its surroundings have a well-known scientific reputation, and
the falling off in numbers of the present meeting must rather be looked for ..."
2. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1876)
"Inquests (continued). on K. Rosley, Killed by falling off a Scaffold, Sj II t
Inquests (continued). on Robert Davis, a Suicide, 21/10/ on Brazier, ..."
3. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"found that he had put his arm round me to protect me from falling off; and for
the rest of my journey he behaved to me with the gentleness of a woman. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In the first half of the 17th century the technical skill of the German silversmiths
reached its highest point of perfection, but there was some falling off ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1862)
"... success during the last sixty years in pi Ing the GROWTH RESTORING, and
improving the HUMAN НАШ. It pr«T»nU Btlr from falling off or turning grey, ..."
6. American Marine: The Shipping Question in History and Politics by William Wallace Bates (1892)
"The first effect of free-carrying with England, under the treaty of July 3, in
accordance with the act of March 3, was a falling off in our share of ..."
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