DROP AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drop away mean? 

• DROP AWAY (verb)
  The verb DROP AWAY has 1 sense:

1. get worse

  Familiarity information: DROP AWAY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROP AWAY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get worse

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

drop away; drop off; fall away; slip

Context example:

My grades are slipping

Hypernyms (to "drop away" is one way to...):

decline; worsen (grow worse)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop away"):

backslide; lapse (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)

Sentence frames:

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