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dropped off

vb. (en-pastdrop off)

Usage examples of "dropped off".

He was drowsy near the end, and as darkness fell he dropped off into a troubled sleep.

As we presume therefore to convey only this last to the reader, we shall pass by whatever was said, till the rest of the company having by degrees dropped off, left only Square and the physician together.

Adultery had dropped off a point and a third in the last quarter, down another point from the quarter before.

The unit had then simply dropped off-line, blocked in mid-transmission by sophisticated electronic jamming from a ground-based source.

Storms dropped off the Great Escarpment with terrifying force, dashing hail and lightning onto the rock.

Then, with a second comment, the three giffs waddled with a certain stately dignity to the mouth of the cave and dropped off.

The lid dropped off easily enough and inside there was a maze of circuits all leading to a fuse screwed into the thick metal.

By degrees, as they could bear no more, they dropped off one by one, and lights twinkled in little casements.

Tommy dropped off the bed and came and inspected the contents of the tray.

When the station dropped off-line, we figured it must be storm damage to their communications equipment.

He listened and then continued his slow and lazy turn until he was pointed in the direction of the distant pod just sculling along a hundred meters below the surface where the interference from the surface chop dropped off.

The sound was attenuated by the distance, the high-frequency pinging of the delphinos dropped off rapidly even in cold water, but the humpbacks were not merely the loudest whales in the ocean, they had the best hearing.

She gave the core one sharp strike, and a flake of it dropped off.