fall off a cliff en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive) To suddenly decrease in quantity; to become less popular or successful.
Still, top Biden campaign officials are already bracing themselves for a July fund-raising report — which will not become public until mid-August — that is expected to show the campaign’s finances falling off a cliff.
2024 July 11, Theodore Schleifer, Jacob Bernstein, Reid J. Epstein, “How Biden Lost George Clooney and Hollywood”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:It's popular now, sure, but its popularity will fall off a cliff at some point.
2016 July 15, HarpingOn [username], “Re: This Pokeymans Gone thing”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fallen off a cliff | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| falls off a cliff | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| falling off a cliff | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fell off a cliff | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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