English Dictionary

fall away

verb

(intransitive) To cease to support a person or cause. / (intransitive) To diminish in size, weight, or intensity. / To perish; to vanish; to be lost. / To get worse.

The leaves fall away from the trees in autumn.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To cease to support a person or cause.

After the divorce, all his friends fell away one by one.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To diminish in size, weight, or intensity.

One colour falls away by just degrees, and another rises insensibly.

意味（3）

To perish; to vanish; to be lost.

How […] can the soul […] fall away into nothing?

意味（4）

To get worse.