peter out English

Meaning peter out meaning

What does peter out mean?

peter out

— verb end weakly The music just petered out--there was no proper ending

— verb (= poop out) use up all one's strength and energy and stop working At the end of the march, I pooped out

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peter out English » English

taper off

fizzle out

fizzle

die out

wane

run out

run down

poop out

conk out

become extinct

wear off

vanish

trail off

trail away

terminate

tail off

ravel

pass over

pass away

go

fray

fold

flag

finish

fade away

fade

end

disappear

diminish

die down

decrease

come to an end

come to a stop

be finished

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Decrease

• What words refer to something decreasing in number or amount?
  decrease fall go down come down slide diminish contract shrink lessen reduce reduction depreciate lose narrow slow down abate peter out tail off waste away