tail off
Speech parts
1. tail off - Noun
2. tail off - Verb
Meaning
tail off (third-person singular simple present tails off, present participle tailing off, simple past and past participle tailed off)
To gradually subside or diminish; to tail away.
tail-off (plural tail-offs)
A gradual diminution.
Alternative names
tail-off
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Examples
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures in the news on the radio, but once they've been on, the event passes, the urgency, the issues you talked about evaporate.
We've been working our tail off and lead by that example.
And what some of them are getting to know is that while dad works his tail off as a coach, mom has quietly been holding things down on the home front.
“He was so determined to get better, he worked his tail off.
“I’m working my tail off every single day; have (playing again) in the back of my mind every single time I go to rehab.”