on the wane

DECLINING, decreasing, diminishing, dwindling, shrinking, contracting, tapering off, subsiding, ebbing, fading away, dissolving, petering out, winding down, falling off, on the way out, receding, flagging, melting away, crumbling, withering, disintegrating, evaporating, dying out.

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on the wane phrase

getting smaller, weaker, or less important

Scott’s interest in his career was on the wane.

Thesaurus: words used to describe increases and decreases_hyponym to increase, or to increase something_synonym

Main entry: wane

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becoming weaker, less vigorous, or less extensive

the epidemic was on the wane

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on the wane

: becoming smaller or less

Her popularity was on the wane. [=she was becoming less popular]

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Main Entry: ↑wane

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on the ˈwane idiom

becoming smaller, less important or less common

Syn: declining

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Her popularity has been on the wane for some time.

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Violent crime appears to be on the wane in the capital.

Main entry: ↑wane_idiom

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