taper off

Verb

Meaning

end weakly

become smaller or less active

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Synonyms

fizzle peter out fizzle out lower fall cut phase reduce contract die drop decline decrease flag moderate
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Antonyms

mount well increase rise improve grow
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Hypernyms

contract narrow discontinue

Examples

For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off. Johnny Carson

Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off. Norman Ralph Augustine

The music just petered out--there was no proper ending Source: Internet

Business tapered off Source: Internet

All S models have bodies that are thicker in the middle where the pickups are, and taper off towards the outer edges. Source: Internet

Dendrites often taper off in shape and are shorter, while axons tend to maintain a constant radius and be relatively long. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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