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drop away

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Verb1.drop away - get worse; "My grades are slipping"
fall away, slip, drop off
decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
backslide, lapse - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards


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She is a delicate creature for all that, and will drop away suddenly at the first serious attack, as her poor mother did," croaked Aunt Myra, with a despondent wag of the big bonnet.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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