peter out

peter out
Synonyms and related words:
abate, bate, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be disappointing, be no more, be unproductive, be used up, be wiped out, blow, break, break down, burn out, cave in, cease to be, cease to exist, collapse, come apart, come short, come to naught, come to nothing, come unstuck, conk out, crack up, crumble, decline, die, die away, die out, diminish, disappear, disintegrate, dissolve, droop, drop, dry up, dwindle, evaporate, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, faint, fall down, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fatigue, fizzle, fizzle out, flag, flee, fly, gasp, get bogged down, get hung up, get mired, get tired, give out, give way, go, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, go wrong, grow weary, hang fire, hit the skids, jade, languish, leave no trace, lessen, lie fallow, melt away, not hack it, not make it, pant, pass, pass away, peg out, perish, pine, play out, poop out, puff, puff and blow, rebate, recede, run down, run dry, run out, sink, succumb, taper off, tire, turn sour, vanish, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear thin, weary, wheeze, wilt, yield

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • peter out — {v.}, {informal} To fail or die down gradually; grow less; become exhausted. * /After the factory closed, the town pretty well petered out./ * /The mine once had a rich vein of silver, but it petered out./ * /But as he thought of her, his anger… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • peter out — {v.}, {informal} To fail or die down gradually; grow less; become exhausted. * /After the factory closed, the town pretty well petered out./ * /The mine once had a rich vein of silver, but it petered out./ * /But as he thought of her, his anger… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • peter out — [v] dwindle, decrease abate, come to nothing*, die out*, diminish, drain, ebb, evaporate, fade, fail, give out, lessen, pall, rebate, recede, run dry, run out, stop, taper off, wane; concepts 105,698 Ant. develop, grow, increase …   New thesaurus

  • peter out — index perish, subside Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • peter out — verb 1. end weakly (Freq. 1) The music just petered out there was no proper ending • Syn: ↑taper off, ↑fizzle out, ↑fizzle • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue • …   Useful english dictionary

  • peter out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms peter out : present tense I/you/we/they peter out he/she/it peters out present participle petering out past tense petered out past participle petered out to gradually become smaller or weaker before coming… …   English dictionary

  • peter out — in. to give out; to wear out. □ I’m about to peter out. I need a rest. □ What’ll we do when the money peters out? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • peter out — gradually lose power, reduce, run out    After 6, sales began to peter out. We had fewer customers …   English idioms

  • peter out — die down gradually, grow less strong The large crowd from the football game has begun to peter out and the streets around the stadium are becoming quiet now …   Idioms and examples

  • peter out — /ˌpi:tər aυt/ verb to come to an end gradually ▪▪▪ ‘…economists believe the economy is picking up this quarter and will do better in the second half of the year, but most expect growth to peter out next year’ [Sunday Times] …   Dictionary of banking and finance

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