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cliff
1[ klif ]
noun
- a high steep face of a rock.
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- a critical point or situation beyond which something bad or undesirable may occur:
The committee is right up to the cliff with no deal in sight.
cliff
/ ɪ /
noun
- a steep high rock face, esp one that runs along the seashore and has the strata exposed
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Derived Forms
- ˈڴڲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ڴl adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cliff1
before 900; Middle English clif, Old English, cognate with Dutch, Low German, Old Norse klif
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cliff1
Old English clif; related to Old Norse kleif, Middle Low German ŧ, Dutch klif; see cleave ²
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Measure ULA also has steep “cliffs” — thresholds where small price increases trigger massive tax increases.
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"I wouldn't even call it a slippery slope," she says "Canada has fallen off a cliff."
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In the European Union they fell off a cliff in 2024, to 7,517 vehicle registrations from 15,130 the year before.
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The president’s order also creates an artificial fiscal cliff.
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It had previously warned that pharmacists were facing a "financial cliff edge" from 1 April, when many of their costs are due to rise.
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