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Falling off

Falling \Fall"ing\, a. & n. from Fall, v. i.

Falling away, Falling off, etc. See To fall away, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i.

Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.

Falling sickness (Med.), epilepsy.
--Shak.

Falling star. (Astron.) See Shooting star.

Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an a["e]rolite.

Falling tide, the ebb tide.

Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.]
--Bartlett.

Wiktionary
falling off

vb. (present participle of fall off English)

WordNet
falling off

n. 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" [syn: slump, slack, drop-off, falloff]

Usage examples of "falling off".

Using a saddle, he could now ride at full gallop without falling off his horse.

But in the blue haze of twilight everything looked the same to him, one indistinguishable stream of broken roofs, walls with layers of plaster falling off in great patches, naked children, street beggars, dusty ditches, piles of rags heaped up in doorways and corners.

With her coat falling off one shoulder and the flush of new ale on her cheeks, she looked quite wanton.

I just have a strained shoulder and it was caused by my falling off my horse.

He jerked sideways, almost falling off the chair, and the crowd, quiet a moment before, guffawed boisterously.

The gentleman grasped her firmly by the shoulders, and being so fully occupied with holding her back, he was unable to put a hand to his veil which was falling off, as it did at length entirely, and Dorothea, who was holding the lady in her arms, raising her eyes saw that he who likewise held her was her husband, Don Fernando.

The fellow's leer got so broad Ruy began to imagine it falling off one side of his face.