fall off one's perch

The phrase "fall off one's perch" is a colorful idiom often used in informal contexts to describe death or a loss of status.

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Definition

B2General

(slang, informal)To die.

Example

After years of battling illness, he finally fell off his perch.

B2Social

(informal)To lose one's position or status.

Example

After the scandal, the politician fell off his perch.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "fall off one's perch":

fall off die on one's arse fall over fall out fall down come a cropper fall down on fall flat on one's face take a tumble keel over fall on fall away fall from grace kick the bucket fall to the ground fall into oneself fall to fall through go belly-up slip off drop behind go off the boil jump off fall in bite the dust come off fall together falling out bust one's ass fly off lose one's bottle lose one's head hang off off one's box fall up fall on one's sword crash out fall back fall upon breathe one's last fall behind fall to pieces off one's feed flake out break one's neck take a dive fall apart drop off die off fall into die on the vine flip one's lid fall between two stools out on one's feet lose the plot peg out hop off come off it fall due pass out hit the roof take the fall go to pieces