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drop off

v. fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"

slip, drop off, drop away, fall away

v. get worse; "My grades are slipping"

fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede

v. retreat

drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge

v. leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off

v. change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"

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decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

drain

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

flow away, flow off

v. flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe"

enfeeble, debilitate, drain

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

situate, fix, posit, deposit

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

pitch

v. lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

garner

v. store grain

go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

v. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

nod

v. be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"

fall

v. be cast down; "his eyes fell"

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

drowse

v. be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class"

snooze, drowse, doze

v. sleep lightly or for a short period of time

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

become, go, get

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken

v. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

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