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drop-off
[drop-awf, -of]
noun
a vertical or very steep descent.
The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
a decline; decrease.
Sales have shown a considerable drop-off this year.
a place where a person or thing can be left, received, accommodated, etc..
a new drop-off for outpatients.
adjective
applied when a rented vehicle is left elsewhere than at the point of hire.
to pay a drop-off charge.
drop off
verb
(intr) to grow smaller or less; decline
(tr) to allow to alight; set down
informal(intr) to fall asleep
noun
a steep or vertical descent
a sharp decrease
Word History and Origins
Origin of drop-off1
Idioms and Phrases
Fall asleep, as in When I looked at Grandma, she had dropped off . [Early 1800s]
Decrease; also, become less frequent. For example, Sales have dropped off markedly , or Over the year her visits dropped off . [Early 1800s]
Deliver, unload, as in Bill dropped off the package at the office .
Die, as in He is so ill he could drop off any time . [Early 1800s]
Example Sentences
In neighborhoods with large populations of foreign-born people across the region, every commute, trip to the grocery store or school drop-off has come to represent another potential final moment in lives built in this country.
Use extreme caution on this final stretch of your journey as the southern edge of the roadway has a steep drop-off that plunges down to the Stuart Fork.
However, data shows there has been, and will be, a significant drop-off after the deadline.
They pointed to the recent drop-off in tourism from Canada and elsewhere that followed President Trump’s trade war and tightening of the U.S. border.
A spike of activity at the ports preceded the drop-off as importers front-loaded goods before the tariffs took effect.
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