peter out

peter out

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peter out in WordNet English dictionary

verb

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
"At the end of the march, I pooped out"
poop out peter out run down run out conk out
end weakly
"The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
taper off peter out fizzle out fizzle

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peter out in English Wiktionary

(verb) (idiom) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

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