FELL OFF Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

fell off

verb

past tense of fall off

as in curved

to turn away from a straight line or course the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay

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straightened

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Recent Examples of fell off Last season, production getting to the QB fell off, with only 27 sacks, ranking 62nd in the nation. — Idaho Statesman, 22 Aug. 2026 Among them was a woman in her 80s who fell off the bed and suffered a serious hip injury in Yokohama, in the Kanagawa prefecture, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 The room started to shake so hard that pictures fell off the wall. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 García failed to make the scoop — his glove fell off on the play — picked up the loose ball, and then fired to an unoccupied third base. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 After the wheels fell off Donkoh remembers the team meeting in October of last year. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 The front fell off … The Long March 7A rocket was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and is operated by the state’s space agency. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 The Sox don’t know if the metal ball was removed by someone or just fell off and somebody took it. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Hitting her opening standing full twist, Blakely nearly fell off the beam on her acrobatic series but found her rhythm over the course of the routine. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fell off

Verb

Several other curved, slender bones were soon found nearby, according to pictures shared with the station.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Thierry Henry curved away from defenders, Cristiano Ronaldo attacked their blind side and Kylian Mbappe outran them.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of curved

Verb

The Lakers made the playoffs in 2013 but were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round, just weeks after Kobe Bryant suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon tear.

— Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
In the small community of Waiohinu on the southern point of Hawaii's Big Island, a mudslide swept through and destroyed about a dozen homes.

— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of swept

Verb

For motorists with electric vehicles, the average kilowatt hour cost at charging stations in Florida on Sunday rounded down to 41 cents, a rate mostly unchanged since early March.

— News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026
United Airlines rounded out the top four, with Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines in fifth place (Alaska acquired Hawaiian in 2024).

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026