Communication
fall off the grid
disappear from normal contact
If someone falls off the grid, they stop using normal communication and become difficult to contact.
Hear it in real life
Have you heard from Minh recently?
No, he seems to have fallen off the grid.
My old university friend fell off the grid after moving to a remote island.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She fell out the grid.
Say: She fell off the grid.
The expression uses "off," not "out."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
fall off the grid; fell off the grid
Your turn: say it out loud
My old university friend fell off the grid after moving to a remote island.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
fall off the grid
disappear from normal contact
“My old university friend fell off the grid after moving to a remote island.”
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