fall off
No objectThis verb takes no object at all.
How to say it
Stress the particle, not the verb: fall OFF. Saying “FALL off” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.
Link across the gap. The final /l/ of “fall” moves onto the particle and starts its syllable: “fall off” is said “fa-loff”. Pausing between the words is what makes phrasal verbs sound recited rather than spoken.
2 meanings
- 1
To decrease in amount or quality.
- “Attendance has fallen off since the venue moved.”
Similar: decline, drop
- 2
To become detached and drop.
- “A button fell off my coat on the way here.”
Similar: come off