Verb
melt away (third-person singular simple present melts away, present participle melting away, simple past and past participle melted away)
(intransitive) To fade or wane
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. Orison Swett Marden
If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away. John Steinbeck
It is very possible that a proper understanding of string theory will make the space-time continuum melt away.... String theory is a miracle through and through. Edward Witten
It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away. Donald O'Connor
Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world. Charles Dickens
The more profound a professor's distaste with the proceedings, the more likely he is to melt away at the end of the talk. Camille Paglia