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Fall off the grid 

To (seemingly) disappear from the face of the earth
Disappear to a place one would be very unlikely to be found.
What happened to Tom? I haven't talked to him since ten years ago.

Last time I heard, he got caught up in a drug-related arrest. Somehow escaped from prison and was forced to fall off the grid, probably somewhere in the Amazon Rainforest living with them Natives by now.
Fall off the grid by Ch4lk April 24, 2010

fall off 

v. In rap music, to "fall off" the radar, either due to not releasing any material, releasing crap, or selling out.
Did I fall off? Got you in your room ripping every 'Chronic' poster on your wall off. Just 'cause I put away the sawed off?
fall off by keyshaw October 7, 2004

fall off the truck 

UK slag,

Stolen goods. articles who's origin is not strictly legal.
(also 'fall off the back of a lorry')
"Nice telly"
"Yeah fell of the back of a truck"

fall off 

to lose one's edge; become irrelevant
Man you're gonna fall off like Samuel L. Jackson; that dude used to do great movies like Pulp Fiction and now he does crap like Snakes on a Plane!
fall off by 99overall January 26, 2009

till the wheels fall off 

a term meaning till the end of an era. Often implied to mean forever but in most cases means until something comes along to mess things up.

To keep something going as long as you possibly can, the way you would drive a car until the wheels off.
"You gotta meet this girl I've been seeing. I'm going to roll with this one till the wheels fall off"

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"How long do you think you can go before your boss finds out you are not qualified?"
"I have no idea, but I'm going to stick around till the wheel off."

till the wheels fall off 

We'll ride our Victorys till the wheels fall off!