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to taper off
[phrase form: taper]
01
to gradually decrease in number, amount, or intensity over time
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
action verb
regular
inseparable
particle
off
base verb
taper
present tense
taper off
3rd person singular
tapers off
present participle
tapering off
past simple
tapered off
past participle
tapered off
Examples
As winter approaches, the temperature tends to taper off.
