- fall off
- decrease
The number of tourists to visit the island has fallen off recently.
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fall off
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fall-off — fallˈ off noun A decrease • • • Main Entry: ↑fall * * * fall off UK US noun [singular] a reduction in the amount or level of something a fall off in sales Thesaurus: rates of decrease and the process of decreasingsynonym … Useful english dictionary
fall-off — also .falling off BrE n [singular] a decrease in the level, amount, or number of something = ↑fall ≠ ↑rise fall off in ▪ a fall off in profits … Dictionary of contemporary English
fall-off — UK US noun [C] ► a reduction in something such as profits, sales, etc.: a fall off in sth »The company blamed the fall off in profits on higher operating expenses … Financial and business terms
fall-off — fall ,off noun singular a reduction in the amount or level of something: a fall off in sales … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fall off — See: DROP OFF(4) … Dictionary of American idioms
fall off — See: DROP OFF(4) … Dictionary of American idioms
fall off — index decrease, degenerate, ebb, subside Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fall off — verb 1. come off (Freq. 1) This button had fallen off • Hypernyms: ↑detach, ↑come off, ↑come away • Verb Frames: Something s 2. fall heavily or suddenly; … Useful english dictionary
fall off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms fall off : present tense I/you/we/they fall off he/she/it falls off present participle falling off past tense fell off past participle fallen off if the amount, level, or value of something falls off, it… … English dictionary
fall off — UK US fall off Phrasal Verb with fall({{}}/fɔːl/ verb (fell, fallen) ► [I] to get lower in amount or level: »Orders have definitely fallen off in the past quarter … Financial and business terms
fall off — phr verb Fall off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bit, ↑number, ↑plaster, ↑sale, ↑wheel Fall off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bicycle, ↑bike, ↑ladder, ↑motorcycle … Collocations dictionary
