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fall away

Verb

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get worse

diminish in size or intensity

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My grades are slipping Source: Internet

Based on the concept of God's sovereign grace, some hold that, though true believers may stray, they never totally fall away. Source: Internet

"But something has to give, or else people will either go out of business or quality will fall away." Source: Internet

God also grants those whom he saves with the gift of perseverance so that none of those whom God has chosen may conceivably fall away. Source: Internet

The highlands that Asmara is located in fall away to reveal the eastern lowlands, characterised by the searing heat and humidity of the Eritrean salt pans, lapped by the Red Sea. Source: Internet

Scholars have often noted that the shadows of the figures all fall away from the chapel window, as if the figures are lit by it; this is an added stroke of verisimilitude and further tribute to Masaccio's innovative genius. Source: Internet

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