die down

die down
To become less virulent.

Well be able to sail safely across the bay once the storm dies down.


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  • die\ down — • die away • die down v To come slowly to an end; grow slowly less or weaker. The wind died down. The music died away. He waited until the excitement had died down. His mother s anger died away …   Словарь американских идиом

  • die down — index decrease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • die down — verb 1. suffer from a disease that kills shoots The plants near the garage are dying back • Syn: ↑die back • Derivationally related forms: ↑dieback (for: ↑die back) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • die down — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms die down : present tense I/you/we/they die down he/she/it dies down present participle dying down past tense died down past participle died down if something dies down, it becomes much less noisy, powerful,… …   English dictionary

  • die down — PHRASAL VERB If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense. [V P] The rain remained steady though the wind had died down... [V P] The controversy is unlikely to die down …   English dictionary

  • ˌdie ˈdown — phrasal verb if something dies down, it becomes much less noisy, powerful, or active I waited for the laughter to die down before I spoke.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • die down — phr verb Die down is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑applause, ↑commotion, ↑conversation, ↑excitement, ↑fighting, ↑fire, ↑flame, ↑furore, ↑fuss, ↑noise, ↑wind …   Collocations dictionary

  • die down — to become quieter or less easily noticed. By morning the storm died down. Anger over the attacks on the refugee camps has not died down …   New idioms dictionary

  • die down — Synonyms and related words: abate, bate, calm, calm down, cease, disappear, dwindle, ease off, ebb, fall, halt, let up, lull, moderate, molder, pacify, quiesce, quiet, quieten, recede, slacken, soothe, stop, subside, tranquilize, wane …   Moby Thesaurus

  • die down — gradually stop, diminish, drop off    When the laughter died down, I found my false teeth, put them in my mouth, and said, Excuse me …   English idioms

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