fizzle out

fizzle out
intransitive verb
[Feuerwerk:] zischend verlöschen; [Begeisterung:] sich legen; [Kampagne:] im Sande verlaufen
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(to fail, to come to nothing: The fire fizzled out.) mißlingen
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fizzle out
vi fireworks, enthusiasm verpuffen; attack, campaign, plan im Sand verlaufen; interest stark nachlassen [o zurückgehen]
the concert began promisingly but then \fizzle outd out das Konzert begann viel versprechend, hat die Erwartungen aber nicht erfüllt
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vi
(firework, enthusiasm) verpuffen; (rocket) vorzeitig verglühen; (plan) im Sande verlaufen
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intransitive verb
[Feuerwerk:] zischend verlöschen; [Begeisterung:] sich legen; [Kampagne:] im Sande verlaufen
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v.
im Sande verlaufen ausdr.

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