tail off

tail off
intransitive verb
1) (decrease) zurückgehen
2) (fade into silence) verstummen
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1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) abflauen
2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) abflauen
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◆ tail off
vi abnehmen, nachlassen; sound, voice schwächer werden; interest abflauen, schwinden, zurückgehen; race participant zurückfallen
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vi
1) (= diminish) abnehmen, schrumpfen; (interest) abflauen, abnehmen, schwinden; (sounds) sich verlieren, schwächer werden; (sentence) mittendrin abbrechen

his voice tailed off into silence — seine Stimme wurde immer schwächer, bis sie schließlich verstummte

2) (= deteriorate) sich verschlechtern, nachlassen

the article tailed off into a jumble of figures — der Artikel war zum Schluss nur noch ein Gewirr von Zahlen

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intransitive verb
1) (decrease) zurückgehen
2) (fade into silence) verstummen

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