die down
— phrasal verb with die uk/daɪ/us/daɪ/verb [ I ] present participle dying, past tense and past participle died
C2 If a sound or activity dies down, it becomes quieter or less obvious:
It was several minutes before the applause died down.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- adulterate
- attenuate
- attrition
- blow over
- blunt
- deflate
- dial
- dim
- emasculate
- jelly
- keep sb down
- knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
- muffle
- neutralize
- pine
- sag
- sap
- shake
- wither on the vine idiom
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