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taper off
Diminish or lessen gradually, end by degrees, as in The storm finally tapered off . [Mid-1800s]
Become thinner or narrower at one end, as in The road began to taper off until it was just a narrow path . [c. 1600]
Example Sentences
In his own swing, Muncy noted, he typically hits the ball closer to the end of the bat; a place where, on the torpedo design, the barrel tapers off.
“And then it will taper off and be very, very light across east county in the morning and done by late afternoon tomorrow.”
Though his popularity has tapered off in the past decade, the 34-year-old continues to drop new music including his latest album, “The Influence,” released last Friday.
The first atmospheric river storm in Southern California was expected to begin tapering off after about 10 a.m.
But she worried about the same obstacle facing many of her patients - losing insurance coverage - so she tapered off the drugs as a precaution.
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