fall off

1. 1.

   come off

   “This button had fallen off”

   Broaderdetach
2. 2.

   fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

   “The real estate market fell off”

   Synonymsslumpsink

   Broaderdrop
3. 3.

   diminish in size or intensity

   Synonymsfall away

   Broaderdisappear

Questions about fall off

What does fall off mean?

fall off means "come off". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for fall off?

Close synonyms include slump, sink, fall away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fall off a common word?

fall off is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.