petering out

  • 1Petering — Peter Pet er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Petered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petering}.] [Etymol. uncertain.] To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2petering — pe·ter || pɪːtÉ™(r) v. diminish and come to a stop; give out, expire; fade, die out …

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  • 3peter out — verb 1. end weakly (Freq. 1) The music just petered out there was no proper ending • Syn: ↑taper off, ↑fizzle out, ↑fizzle • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue • …

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  • 4peter out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms peter out : present tense I/you/we/they peter out he/she/it peters out present participle petering out past tense petered out past participle petered out to gradually become smaller or weaker before coming… …

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  • 5peter out — PHRASAL VERB If something peters out, it gradually comes to an end. [V P] The six month strike seemed to be petering out. [V P] ...where the road petered out into a rutted track …

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  • 6peter out — verb To dwindle; to tail off; to diminish to nothing. What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing …

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