bit fall off
Frequency: 5.13.4 per million words
for a piece or part to become detached from a larger object
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Examples (10)
- I'm worried because little bits keep falling off my car.
- A small bit of plaster just fell off the ceiling.
- Be careful with that old toy; a bit of plastic might fall off.
- Every time I move the wardrobe, another bit of wood falls off.
- The book is so old that bits of the cover fall off when you touch it.
- A large bit of paint has fallen off the wall.
- The mechanic found a metal bit that had fallen off the engine.
- As the gingerbread house dried, sugary bits started to fall off.
- If you shake the rusty gate, more bits will fall off.
- Look! Another bit is falling off that crumbling statue.