peter out — {v.}, {informal} To fail or die down gradually; grow less; become exhausted. * /After the factory closed, the town pretty well petered out./ * /The mine once had a rich vein of silver, but it petered out./ * /But as he thought of her, his anger… … Dictionary of American idioms
peter out — [v] dwindle, decrease abate, come to nothing*, die out*, diminish, drain, ebb, evaporate, fade, fail, give out, lessen, pall, rebate, recede, run dry, run out, stop, taper off, wane; concepts 105,698 Ant. develop, grow, increase … New thesaurus
peter out — index perish, subside Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
peter out — verb 1. end weakly (Freq. 1) The music just petered out there was no proper ending • Syn: ↑taper off, ↑fizzle out, ↑fizzle • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue • … Useful english dictionary
peter out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms peter out : present tense I/you/we/they peter out he/she/it peters out present participle petering out past tense petered out past participle petered out to gradually become smaller or weaker before coming… … English dictionary
peter out — in. to give out; to wear out. □ I’m about to peter out. I need a rest. □ What’ll we do when the money peters out? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
peter out — gradually lose power, reduce, run out After 6, sales began to peter out. We had fewer customers … English idioms
peter out — die down gradually, grow less strong The large crowd from the football game has begun to peter out and the streets around the stadium are becoming quiet now … Idioms and examples
peter out — /ˌpi:tər aυt/ verb to come to an end gradually ▪▪▪ ‘…economists believe the economy is picking up this quarter and will do better in the second half of the year, but most expect growth to peter out next year’ [Sunday Times] … Dictionary of banking and finance
peter out — Synonyms and related words: abate, bate, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be disappointing, be no more, be unproductive, be used up, be wiped out, blow, break, break down, burn out, cave in, cease to be, cease to exist, collapse, come… … Moby Thesaurus
