fall off
IPA: fˈɔɫˈɔf
verb
- (transitive and intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
- (intransitive) To diminish in size, value, etc.
- (nautical) To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
- (intransitive) To fall into sin; stray.
falloff
IPA: fˈɔɫɔf
noun
- A reduction or decline.
- (music) A note immediately followed by a rapidly descending group of notes.
fall-off
IPA: fˈɔɫɔf
noun
- Alternative spelling of falloff [A reduction or decline.]
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Examples of "falloff" in Sentences
Examples of "fall-off" in Sentences
- "Typically there is a sharp fall-off of ridership when a fare increase happens," he said.
- But experts said the higher tolls on the Holland and Lincoln tunnels and George Washington Bridge probably won't lead to a fall-off in traffic.
- How many people realize that there is such a rapid fall-off of the concentration of a water or airborne pollutant the farther one gets from the source?
- The decline was largely due to a fall-off in sales of so-called casual games like "Guitar Hero" and titles for Nintendo Co.'s game systems like the Nintendo DS and Wii.
- One surprising element of the fall-off in liquidity is that one key set of players actually appears to be more active in recent months: so-called high-frequency traders.
- Even so, Bay Area-based venture-capital firms took a growing share of the dollars and also didn't experience as steep a fall-off in the amounts that they garnered as the rest of the country.
- The deep water drilling fleet has been remarkably patient, for the most part, in not embarking for foreign shores, but it seems likely that we will see a fall-off in Gulf crude production by about 10%, at least through 2012.
- CEO James J. Saccacio said in a statement that "the fall-off in foreclosures is not based on a robust recovery in the housing market but on short-term interventions and delays that will extend the current housing market woes into 2012 and beyond."
- Above, a ProLogis distribution facility in Alsip, Ill. Warehouse giant ProLogis is close to selling about 180 properties to Blackstone Group LP for $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that signals confidence in a sector that was pummeled during the recession by a fall-off in trade and inventories.
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