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tail

noun

1. The hindmost part of something:

end, rear, tag end, tail end.

2. Something that follows or is drawn along behind:

trail, train, wake.

3. Informal. An agent assigned to observe and report on another:

shadow, watcher.

verb

Informal. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind:

dog, follow, shadow, track, trail.

Informal: bird-dog.

phrasal verb
tail away or off

To grow or cause to grow gradually less:

abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, taper (off).

Translations

assottigliarsi

zanikať

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References in classic literature

He had a habit, Mary remarked, and she had never noticed it so clearly before, of letting his sentences tail away in a continuous murmur, whereupon he passed into a state of abstraction, presumed by his children to indicate some train of thought too profound for utterance.

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Jacob finished with 3-19 from his four overs and Tyler Ibbotson helped blow the tail away with 3-2 off 3.4 overs, the last wicket skittling Smethwick out for 61.

Shrewsbury ease through to T20 final; CRICKET

Teams who tail away at the end of a campaign can carry that form into the next one - just ask Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion.

Jekyll and Hyde show by United shows there is still much work to do; THE MATCH: Watford 2 Newcastle United 1 Vicarage Road

Teams who tail away at the end of a campaign can carry that form into the next one, just ask Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion.

Watford 2-1 Newcastle United analysis: Magpies show they are human, but tail-off has drawbacks; Newcastle United have taken their foot off the gas since securing Premier League safety, but they could do with one final push

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