āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
peter out
/pËiËtÉÉš ËaĘt/
to peter out
[phrase form: peter]
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āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to gradually end or fade away, often due to becoming weakened
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The protests were strong in the beginning but petered out when support waned.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ āϝāĻāύ āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύ āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
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āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to gradually fade away to the point of stopping or disappearing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team was enthusiastic in the first half of the project, but they began to peter out as the workload increased.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āϧ⧠āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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