- tail off
- tail offTo become gradually less or fewer• • •Main Entry: ↑tail
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ˌtail ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tail off he/she/it tails off present participle tailing off past tense tailed off past participle tailed off] phrasal verbHer voice tailed off.
Thesaurus: to become less in size, amount or valuesynonym to become, or to make something weakersynonymMain entry: tail* * *
tail off (or away)gradually diminish in amount, strength, or intensitythe economic boom was beginning to tail off
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tail off [phrasal verb]: to become smaller or quieter in a gradual wayOur productivity tailed off last year.
She started to ask a question and then her voice tailed off. [=trailed off]
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ˌtail aˈway/ˈoff derived(especially BrE) to become smaller or weaker•
The number of tourists tails off in October.
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‘But why…?’ Her voice tailed away.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.