same as drop
to become weaker or smaller in amount
A cliff rose on her right side, ground dropped away on the left.
As we round the first rock face and the ground drops away to the pass far below, adrenalin surges into my veins.
At last the ground dropped away and we flew over a blur of Gulf.
Support for him has begun to drop away.
The land drops steeply away into a small valley.
Then, without warning, the ground drops away and your jaw drops with it.
Those at the very bottom price points will drop away.
drops away
dropping away
dropped away
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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