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tail-offnoun [in singular]A decline or gradual reduction in something: a tail-off in customers...- When Gloucester, one of the most community-oriented rugby clubs, stopped insisting that their players drink in the public bar, they found a significant tail-off in takings and a torrent of abuse from disgruntled supporters.
- The weekly John Lewis data revealed a sales tail-off towards the end of January and the official retail sales figures for January due out this Thursday are expected to show a 0.5% monthly drop.
- The match distorted the normal Saturday trading pattern for city centre shopkeepers, with a busy morning's trade prior to the game but a quiet tail-off in the afternoon's business as shoppers got into party mood.
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