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Peter out

//ˌpiːtəɹ‿ˈaʊt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”). intransitive

    "What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing."

  2. 2
    use up all one's strength and energy and stop working wordnet
  3. 3
    end weakly wordnet

Etymology

From peter (“diminish to nothing”, intransitive verb) + out. First attested in the mid-1800s.

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