Fall off
Fall off verb - To turn away from a straight line or course.
Both terms in one sentence
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In the Soviet children's book The Adventures of Captain Vrungel (and its animated adaptation), the titular captain names his yacht "Pobeda" (Russian for "Victory") — but due to an accident at its launch, the first two letters in the name fall off its stern, making it read "Beda" ("Trouble").
Source: Signs of Disrepair -
In Honeyhive Galaxy, if you somehow manage to fall off the tree platform in the first mission or the windmill tower in the second mission, then Launch Stars will appear back down on the mainland to take you back up there.
Source: Video Game / Super Mario Galaxy
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