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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawl
Phonetic Transcription : fɔl



Definition of fall away

Origin :
  • Old English feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, past participle feallen) "to fall; fail, decay, die," from Proto-Germanic *fallanan (cf. Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Dutch vallen, Old Norse falla, Old High German fallan, German fallen), from PIE root *pol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lithuanian puola "to fall," Old Prussian aupallai "finds," literally "falls upon").
  • Most of the figurative senses had developed in Middle English. Meaning "to be reduced" (as temperature) is from 1650s. To fall in love is attested from 1520s; to fall asleep is late 14c. Fall through "come to naught" is from 1781. To fall for something is from 1903.
  • As in regress : verb return to earlier way of doing things
  • As in remit : verb stop, postpone
  • As in sag : verb droop
  • As in lose ground : verb suffer loss or disadvantage
  • As in contract : verb condense
  • As in drop off : verb decrease
  • As in ebb : verb subside; decline
Example sentences :
  • All the agitation and turmoil of the last few months seemed to fall away from him.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • But suddenly, at a point where it fringed a meadow, it seemed to fall away.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Perhaps she was so, and only the pains of death made her seem to fall away.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • His interest in her began to grow, his reserve to fall away.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • They fitted him no longer; they began to fall away from him.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • If you follow his advice the difficulties will fall away, because he wants the railway.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • Condescend, noble Piso, to name me to her, and entreat her not to fall away from her Greek.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • Mind that you do not fall away from the ball when the club is about to come into contact with it.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon
  • See them in their true light and their power will fall away from them.
  • Extract from : « The Hidden Power » by Thomas Troward
  • We speak as man to man, and I know you are not likely to fall away from me.
  • Extract from : « Great Porter Square, v. 2 » by Benjamin Leopold Farjeon

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