Synonyms for drop off

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1. slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off(noun)

   a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

   "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"

   Synonyms:
   slackness, economic crisis, falloff, slack water, cliff, morass, drop, depression, falling off, quag, lessening, mire, decrease, quagmire, slack, drop-off, slump

2. cliff, drop, drop-off(noun)

   a steep high face of rock

   "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

   Synonyms:
   falloff, driblet, bead, drop cloth, lessening, cliff, drop, falling off, free fall, pearl, dip, fall, decrease, slack, drop-off, slump, drib, drop curtain

3. decrease, lessening, drop-off(verb)

   a change downward

   "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

   Synonyms:
   drop, falloff, lessening, falling off, slack, decrease, slump, reduction, decrement, cliff, drop-off, step-down, diminution

4. drop off(verb)

   fall or diminish

   "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"

   Synonyms:
   flake out, nod off, slip, fall asleep, put down, drop away, doze off, discharge, fall behind, fall back, lose, set down, drop, fall away, drift off, recede, drowse off, unload, dope off

5. fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off(verb)

   change from a waking to a sleeping state

   "he always falls asleep during lectures"

   Synonyms:
   flake out, nod off, slip, fall asleep, put down, drop away, doze off, discharge, fall behind, fall back, lose, set down, drop, fall away, drift off, recede, drowse off, unload, dope off

6. drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge(verb)

   leave or unload

   "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, drowse off, eject, strike down, fall behind, empty, unload, put down, exonerate, send away, drop down, deteriorate, cast, enter, offload, miss, drop away, spend, omit, throw away, nod off, exculpate, doze off, dangle, destroy, land, muster out, fire, throw off, get down, expend, overleap, unlade, lay, fall asleep, flatten, exhaust, cut down, dribble, place down, overlook, knock off, devolve, dispatch, leave out, demean, repose, go off, shed, complete, sink, shake off, bring down, pretermit, write down, acquit, free, disgrace, neglect, recede, fell, cast off, disembark, drift off, degenerate, throw, lose, set down, release, dope off, dismiss, expel, assoil, degrade, drop, flake out, discharge, debark, fall away, record, clear, send packing, drip, swing, slip, take down

7. fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede(verb)

   retreat

   Synonyms:
   unload, fall asleep, misplace, lose, draw back, mislay, retire, withdraw, retreat, turn a loss, lapse, fall away, drift off, dope off, relapse, recidivate, fall back, dawdle, pull away, drop away, recur, fall behind, resort, set down, recede, put down, doze off, move back, nod off, regress, drop, suffer, discharge, miss, drowse off, retrogress, lag, pull back, slip, flake out

8. slip, drop off, drop away, fall away(verb)

   get worse

   "My grades are slipping"

   Synonyms:
   slide, recede, steal, nod off, sneak, slew, fall asleep, slue, discharge, fall off, skid, put down, slip one's mind, drop away, fall behind, drowse off, lose, slip, doze off, drop, luxate, dislocate, splay, fall back, flake out, fall away, set down, drift off, mistake, unload, err, dope off

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How to use drop off in a sentence?

1. Elias Canetti:

   A modern man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.

2. Ken Burchell:

   Visibility was almost zero everywhere ... we had a rock face on one side and a pretty steep drop-off on the other side. And fog in front of us. So it was a stressful moment, when you pull somebody off a rock or get them to a hospital in time, it's a tremendous sense of accomplishment and reward.

3. John Ruskin:

   In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong honor that try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.

4. Mickie Abatemarco:

   Whether your child is enrolled in Catholic school or attends CCD, the learning should never stop, it is so important for this not to be a ‘ drop-off ’ thing, but for families to really get involved together in church life. And confirmation is n’t graduation ; after students complete their years of instruction, they can do service together with their family.

5. The Divorce:

   Our lives are unpredictable, and we’re not always here when we want to be, we ca n’t always do drop-off and pick-up. But I ’m proud that our children talk to us in the way they do. I ’m glad they’re curious people.

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