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to tail off
[phrase form: tail]
01
to decrease in quantity, intensity, or level over time
Dialect
American
American
Disapproving
Informal
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
off
Base verb
tail
Present tense
tail off
3rd person singular
tails off
Present participle
tailing off
Past simple
tailed off
Past participle
tailed off
Examples
The excitement of the event began to tail off towards the end.
