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tail off
verb
- adverb, usually intr to decrease or cause to decrease in quantity, degree, etc, esp gradually
his interest in collecting stamps tailed off over the years
Idioms and Phrases
Also, tail away . Diminish gradually, subside, as in The fireworks tailed off into darkness . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
“And right now, it was one of those things where it was kind of driving me crazy this year, and I think that it happens as you tail off towards the back nine of your career, as you see yourself or not feel yourself having the success that you once used to have. Man, it’s a tough pill to swallow. And then on top of that to not be there in the biggest moments, knowing your team is counting on you — it’s just a tough reality.â€
"She's up there being the superstar that she is, never taking no for an answer and always working her tail off. I better match that energy for sure."
The bad news for Cherries fans, of course, is that as soon as I start backing them, you can guarantee that their results will tail off.
But pop is a fickle industry, and The Osmonds' record sales started to tail off by the mid-1970s.
The woman with a hat and American flag in the offending pro-Harris ad, Charlie Kirk complained, “coming in with her sweet husband, who probably works his tail off to make sure that she can go and have a nice life and provides for the family, and she lies to him saying I’m going to vote for Trump, then she votes for Kamala Harris as her little secret in the voting booth.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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