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View definitions for fall away

fall away

verb as in drop off

verb as in lose ground

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It came too late to save Sudan from the economic crisis that crushed its democratic experiment and fell away after Trump lost to Joe Biden.

From BBC

When the office of the president refuses to accept the checks and balances that underlie the democratic system, the country’s trust in negotiated, reasonable and restrained outcomes understandably falls away.

From Salon

However, his support unexpectedly fell away in the last round as MPs moved their votes around in an attempt to get the final line-up they wanted.

From BBC

Bizzle remembers how efforts to suppress his music started falling away after top music magazine NME compared Pow! to Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen.

From BBC

Speaking on the BBC's Good Morning Scotland radio programme on Friday, election expert Prof Sir John Curtice said the campaign had been "fractious", after a period when the party had seen its support falling away.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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