fall+off
1fall off — See: DROP OFF(4) …
2fall off — See: DROP OFF(4) …
3fall off — verb a) To become detached or to drop from. A button fell off my coat. b) To diminish in size or value. Business always falls off in the winter …
4To fall off — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
5To fall off — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …
6fall off the wagon — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {alcoholism and drug culture} To return to the consumption of an addictive, such as alcohol or drugs, after a period of abstinence. * /Poor Joe has fallen off the wagon again he is completely incoherent today./ …
7fall off the wagon — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {alcoholism and drug culture} To return to the consumption of an addictive, such as alcohol or drugs, after a period of abstinence. * /Poor Joe has fallen off the wagon again he is completely incoherent today./ …
8fall off a truck — verb Of an item of merchandise, to come into a persons possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally. He said he bought it at the markets but I think it fell off a truck. Syn: FOT …
9fall off the turnip truck — verb To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person. Doesnt it strike you as funny that this city, which prides itself on its erudition and sophistication, can oftimes get suckered like a bumpkin who just fell off… …
10fall off the wagon — verb To cease or fail at a regimen of self improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction. Though he fell off the wagon several times, he eventually succeeded in quitting …
