drop away

verb

To become less or fewer.

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Meanings

verbdrop away (third-person singular simple present drops away, present participle dropping away, simple past and past participle dropped away)

present singular third person drops away · participle present dropping away · participle past dropped away · past dropped away

  1. intransitiveTo become less or fewer.

    Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.

    1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

verbfall to a lower standard

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slipdrop offfall away
Broader
worsendecline
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drop offfall awayslip

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drop away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop%20away.

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