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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fall off a cliff en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

Relateds

fall off the cliff

Translations (1)

es despeñarse (Translations)