to fall away

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To cease to support a person or cause
get worse; "My grades are slipping"
If the degree, amount, or size of something falls away, it decreases. His coalition may hold a clear majority but this could quickly fall away = fall off
diminish in size or intensity
If you say that land falls away, you mean it slopes downwards from a particular point. On either side of the tracks the ground fell away sharply
If something falls away from the thing it is attached to, it breaks off. Officials say that one or two engines fell away from the plane shortly after takeoff