trail away

trail away
trail away
trail

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ˌtrail a ˈway ˌtrail ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they trail away he/she/it trails away present participle trailing away past tense trailed away past participle trailed away] phrasal verb
if someone’s voice or words trail away or trail off, they gradually become silent

Her voice trailed off as she realized he wasn’t listening.

Thesaurus: what voices can dohyponym
Main entry: trail

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ˌtrail aˈway/ˈoff derived
(of sb's speech) to become gradually quieter and then stop

His voice trailed away to nothing.

+ speech

‘I only hope…’, she trailed off.

Main entry:trailderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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