What does fall away mean?

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fal·l away

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. slip, drop off, drop away, fall awayverb

    get worse

    "My grades are slipping"

  2. fall off, fall awayverb

    diminish in size or intensity

Wiktionary

  1. fall awayverb

    To cease to support a person or cause.

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  1. fall away

    "Fall away" is an expression that typically means to gradually decrease or disappear over time. It can also refer to something declining in intensity, quality or quantity. For example, attendance may fall away after the initial excitement of a new club or activity fades. In another context, it could refer to someone withdrawing from participation or gradually distancing themselves from a particular situation, relationship, or responsibility.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall away in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of fall away in a Sentence

  1. Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti:

    Given the lack of clarity in certain aspects of regulation, there is also a risk that some costs that we view as temporary today may not fall away completely, therefore the effects and associated costs of legal entity regulation, for example, mean that we are considering further changes in our processes in order to achieve our targets. This means the overall scope of gross savings has increased relative to the net target we have communicated.

  2. Harriet Green:

    Stand up for what you believe with strength and grace and the barriers will begin to fall away. Harriet Green

  3. Luis Fernandes:

    When you have a significant rainfall event like this, rivers can rise quickly, and roads can literally fall away or become covered and can cut off communities.

  4. Ian Claxton:

    After years of neglect, should sanctions fall away, then their oil exports will be able to fund an infrastructure development plan that will need steel, power and cement, they currently don't have cement manufacturing capabilities so ... bagged or bulk cement combined with increased steel for construction could well be the commodities most affected for bulk shipments with India, Middle East and China as origins.

  5. Andy Bevington:

    The A-fields are tied into an historic processing and operating services agreement with Conoco and in terms of the domino effect, that's just a cost share for all the operators, so as they fall away your costs go up and up.


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