- tail off
- tail offto dwindle to nothing. •
The number of people filing for unemployment insurance is beginning to tail off.
•As the storms tailed off, we began to realize how much damage had been done.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
tail off
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tail off — To become gradually less or fewer • • • Main Entry: ↑tail * * * ˌtail ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tail off he/she/it tails off … Useful english dictionary
tail-off — UK US noun [countable] [singular tail off plural tail offs] the process of slowly becoming smaller in amount a tail off in profits Thesaurus: rates of decrease and the process of decreasing … Useful english dictionary
tail-off — tail ,off noun count the process of slowly becoming smaller in amount: a tail off in profits … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tail off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms tail off : 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 tail off or tail away to become quieter, weaker, or smaller … English dictionary
tail-off — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tail off : singular tail off plural tail offs the process of slowly becoming smaller in amount a tail off in profits … English dictionary
tail off — PHRASAL VERB When something tails off, it gradually becomes less in amount or value, often before coming to an end completely. → See also tail away [V P] Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent... [V P] The drug s effect does… … English dictionary
tail off — phr verb Tail off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑voice, ↑word … Collocations dictionary
tail off — to gradually lessen. Sales of new cars always tail off when people are worried about losing their jobs … New idioms dictionary
tail off — tail away her voice tailed off Syn: fade, wane, ebb, dwindle, decrease, lessen, diminish, decline, subside, abate, drop off, peter out, taper off; let up, ease off, die away, die down, come t … Thesaurus of popular words
tail off — verb to gradually subside or diminish; to tail away … Wiktionary
tail off — v. tail away, diminish gradually, wane, subside gradually, fade … English contemporary dictionary
