DROP OFF


Meaning of DROP OFF in English

1.

see drop 9

2.

If you drop off to sleep, you go to sleep. ( INFORMAL )

I must have dropped off to sleep...

Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind.

PHRASAL VERB : V P to sleep , V P

3.

If the level of something drops off , it becomes less.

Sales to the British forces are expected to drop off...

= fall

PHRASAL VERB : V P

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