drop off
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(verb) fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen |
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(verb) get worse; "My grades are slipping" |
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Synonyms: drop away, fall away, slip |
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Related Words: backslide, decline, lapse, worsen |
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(verb) retreat |
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Synonyms: fall back, fall behind, lose, recede |
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Related Words: regress, retrograde, retrogress |
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(verb) change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures" |
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Synonyms: dope off, doze off, drift off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off |
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Related Words: zonk out |
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