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Definition of Drop away
1. Verb. Get worse. "My grades are slipping"
Generic synonyms: Decline, Worsen
Specialized synonyms: Backslide, Lapse
Derivative terms: Drop-off, Slippage
Definition of Drop away
1. Verb. (intransitive) to become less or less numerous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop Away
Literary usage of Drop away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"So soon may / follow, When friendships decay, And from Love's shining circle Tho
gems drop away. When true hearts lio withered, And fond ones are flown, ..."
2. The Signalman and His Work by Kenneth L. Van Auken (1921)
"Pick-Up and Drop-Away Points—The pick-up point of a relay is the current required
in its coils to pick up its armature. The drop-away point of a relay is ..."
3. Railway Signaling by N.Y. School of Railway Signaling (Utica, Utica (N.Y.) School of Railway Signaling (1910)
"In connection with the drop-away point it is evident that when a relay is energized
the contact fingers are placed under tension, which assists the armature ..."
4. The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn by Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1873)
"... taken its color and flavor under the sun—when that which is perfect, is come,
then all these transitory, local, limited, partial things, will drop away. ..."
5. Birmington : a Poem: In Two Parts, with Appendix by Harry Howells Horton (1853)
"Shall, like autumnal fruitage, drop away, Then still.to nobler heights thy hopes
may soar, And art* shall reign, and artists flourish more. ..."
6. Uncle John Vassar, or, The fight of faith by E T. Vassar (1879)
"If it is nothing but a mere stir of the sensibilities, of course they will drop
away. A very sober Christian scholar says, '' Let the spring come ..."
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