fall off the cliff in English

Forms: falls off the cliff [present, singular, third-person], falling off the cliff [participle, present], fell off the cliff [past], fallen off the cliff [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> off the cliff}} fall off the cliff (third-person singular simple present falls off the cliff, present participle falling off the cliff, simple past fell off the cliff, past participle fallen off the cliff)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls off the cliff",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling off the cliff",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell off the cliff",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen off the cliff",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> off the cliff"
      },
      "expansion": "fall off the cliff (third-person singular simple present falls off the cliff, present participle falling off the cliff, simple past fell off the cliff, past participle fallen off the cliff)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Motor racing",
          "orig": "en:Motor racing",
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            "Sports",
            "Transport",
            "Human activity",
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            "Human behaviour",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suddenly decline dramatically in performance"
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_off_the_cliff-en-verb-YxtkfJPh",
      "links": [
        [
          "motor racing",
          "motor racing"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "tyres",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(motor racing, tyres) suddenly decline dramatically in performance"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "drop off the cliff"
        },
        {
          "word": "fall off a cliff"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "motor-racing",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall off the cliff"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls off the cliff",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling off the cliff",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell off the cliff",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen off the cliff",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> off the cliff"
      },
      "expansion": "fall off the cliff (third-person singular simple present falls off the cliff, present participle falling off the cliff, simple past fell off the cliff, past participle fallen off the cliff)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Motor racing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suddenly decline dramatically in performance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motor racing",
          "motor racing"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "tyres",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(motor racing, tyres) suddenly decline dramatically in performance"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "motor-racing",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "drop off the cliff"
    },
    {
      "word": "fall off a cliff"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall off the cliff"
}

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"fall off the cliff" meaning in English

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