| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A downward slope or distance: decline, declivity, descent, drop, pitch. See RISE. 2. A disastrous overwhelming defeat or ruin: collapse, downfall, waterloo. See THRIVE. 3. A sudden involuntary drop to the ground: dive, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spill, tumble. Informal : header. See RISE. 4. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble. See INCREASE. 5. The act of dropping from a height: descent, drop. See RISE. | | VERB: | 1. To take place at a set time: come, occur. See HAPPEN. 2. To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture: drop, sink, slump. See RISE. 3. To slope downward: decline, descend, dip, drop, pitch, sink. See RISE. 4. To come as by lot or inheritance: devolve, pass. See REACH. 5. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: drop, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble. Idioms: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble) . See RISE. 6. To move downward in response to gravity: descend, drop. See RISE. 7. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price: dive, drop, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble. Idioms: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn) . See INCREASE. 8. To undergo moral deterioration: sink, slip. Idioms: go bad (or wrong) . See RIGHT. 9. To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See INCREASE. 10. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: collapse, go down, go under, surrender, topple. See RESIST, WIN. | | PHRASAL VERB: | fall back To move in a reverse direction: back, backpedal, backtrack, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. Idioms: retrace one's steps. See FORWARD. fall back To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat: draw back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw. Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground (or way) . See FORWARD. fall down Informal. To be unsuccessful: choke, fail, fall through. Informal : flop. Slang : bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See THRIVE. fall off 1. To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually: drop off, sag, slip. See INCREASE. 2. To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See INCREASE. fall on To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal : light into, pitch into. See ATTACK. fall through To be unsuccessful: choke, fail. Informal : fall down, flop. Slang : bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See THRIVE.
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