tail off
— phrasal verb with tail uk/teɪl/us/teɪl/verb [ T ]
to reduce in amount or become lower in level:
His voice tailed off as he drifted into sleep.
The profits tailed off after a few years.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- step sth down
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- take a tumble idiom
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