fall+off
21fall off the back of a lorry — (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods …
22fall off of the back a lorry — ► fall off of the back a lorry informal (of goods) be acquired in dubious circumstances. Main Entry: ↑lorry …
23fall off the perch — to die With avian imagery: If the excitement of sharing a bedroom with a shapely lass should cause Fred to fall off the perch... {Sunday Express, March 1980) In similar fashion you may, in due time, fall off the hooks …
24fall off the back of a lorry — to be stolen In reality the days of insecure loads are long past: You wouldn t believe what I paid for them. Fell off the back of a lorry. (Theroux, 1976 he had received stolen goods) Stolen goods similarly fall off the back of other …
25fall off the wagon — in. to resume drinking after having stopped. □ Poor Jed fell off the wagon again. □ It looks to me like he wanted nothing more than to fall off the wagon …
26fall off — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, apostacize, apostatize, ascend, bank, bate, be eaten away, bolt, break away, cant, careen, carry away, cascade, cataract, change sides, climb, collapse, come apart, come down, come off, come undone, come …
27fall off — I decrease; separate, withdraw (see separation). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. decline, lessen, wane; see decrease 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually: drop off, sag, slip. See INCREASE. 2. To… …
28fall off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something falls off, it separates from the thing to which it was attached and moves towards the ground. [V P] When your exhaust falls off, you have to replace it. Syn: drop off 2) PHRASAL VERB If the degree, amount, or size of… …
29fall off — 1. Drop, be detached, drop off. 2. Withdraw, separate. 3. Decline, wane, dwindle, decay, fade, fail, wither. 4. Perish, die. 5. Backslide, apostatize, fall away. 6. Revolt, defect, become disaffected or disloyal, fall away. 7. (Naut.) Go to… …
30fall off. — See fall verb sense 4. → fall …
