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Definition fall away in American English

fall away phrasal verb

[intransitive] phrasal verb
1

if land falls away, it slopes down suddenly from a particular point

Example

The ground fell away below us to the ocean.

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rise shift erode
2

to become smaller or lower in amount, level, value, etc.

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crater decrease diminish
3

if something such as a sound or feeling falls away, it becomes weaker and disappears

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amplify reverberate fade color come over sweep over
4

if something falls away, it breaks off from the thing it was fixed to

Example

Plaster was falling away from the walls.

Synonyms and related words
break fall apart shatter
Definition fall away in American English