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[ verb ] end weakly

Examples

"The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Momentarily the Reds were back in the ball_game , trailing only 6 - 3 , but the drive fizzled when John_Edwards fouled_out with men on second and third and two out .

Related terms

discontinue

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