Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

follow someone off a cliff

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: fol-low -some-one of-f a -cliff
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To follow (a leader or a de facto leader) without question or thought, leading to potentially disastrous consequences.

Informal

Example Sentences

"You can’t just follow someone off a cliff, especially when they lead you into bad decisions."
"He had a habit of blindly following the leader, almost like he would follow them off a cliff."
"Don’t be the kind of person who would follow someone off a cliff, always think for yourself."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

follows someone off a cliff (present, singular) following someone off a cliff (participle, present) followed someone off a cliff (participle, past) followed someone off a cliff (past)

Phrases

if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it

Frequently Paired Words

if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it lemminglike

Questions

What does follow someone off a cliff mean?: To follow (a leader or a de facto leader) without question or thought, leading to potentially disastrous consequences.

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