drop-off
noun/ˈdrɒp ɒf/
/ˈdrɑːp ɔːf/
- a reduction or fall
- Sales suffered a 53 per cent drop-off.
- drop-off in something What has caused the drop-off in performance?
- the action of stopping your car so that somebody can get out; the action of delivering somebody/something to a place
- The area outside the airport terminal is for pickups and drop-offs only.
- The road is busy with parents doing school drop-offs.
- Drop-offs of food donations are welcome between 8 and 3.
- The kidnappers told them to bring the money to a drop-off point.
- (North American English) a very steep slope downwards
- Be careful when going into the lake as there's a steep drop-off.
- a path with sheer drop-offs to either side
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