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tail off — To become gradually less or fewer • • • Main Entry: ↑tail * * * ˌtail ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tail off he/she/it tails off … Useful english dictionary
tail-off — UK US noun [countable] [singular tail off plural tail offs] the process of slowly becoming smaller in amount a tail off in profits Thesaurus: rates of decrease and the process of decreasing … Useful english dictionary
tail-off — tail ,off noun count the process of slowly becoming smaller in amount: a tail off in profits … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tail off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms tail off : present tense I/you/we/they tail off he/she/it tails off present participle tailing off past tense tailed off past participle tailed off tail off or tail away to become quieter, weaker, or smaller … English dictionary
tail-off — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tail off : singular tail off plural tail offs the process of slowly becoming smaller in amount a tail off in profits … English dictionary
tail off — PHRASAL VERB When something tails off, it gradually becomes less in amount or value, often before coming to an end completely. → See also tail away [V P] Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent... [V P] The drug s effect does… … English dictionary
tail off — phr verb Tail off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑voice, ↑word … Collocations dictionary
tail off — to gradually lessen. Sales of new cars always tail off when people are worried about losing their jobs … New idioms dictionary
tail off — tail away her voice tailed off Syn: fade, wane, ebb, dwindle, decrease, lessen, diminish, decline, subside, abate, drop off, peter out, taper off; let up, ease off, die away, die down, come t … Thesaurus of popular words
tail off — v. tail away, diminish gradually, wane, subside gradually, fade … English contemporary dictionary
