peter out

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	peter out - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" fizzle, fizzle out, taper off discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"
	2.	peter out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" poop out, conk out, run down, run out fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"

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peter out

verb die out, stop, fail, run out, fade, dwindle, evaporate, wane, give out, ebb, come to nothing, run dry, taper off The strike seemed to be petering out.

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Translations

lassan kifogy

tørke ut

peter out

[ˌpiːtə^rˈaʊt] vi

[career, recovery] → s'essouffler

[track, road] → se terminer
to peter out into sth [+ track, footpath] → se transformer en qchpet food n → aliments mpl pour animaux de compagniepet hate n → bête f noirepet insurance n (gen) → assurance f animal; (for dog) → assurance f chien

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w>peter out

vi → langsam zu Ende gehen; (mineral vein) → versiegen; (river) → versickern; (song, noise) → verhallen; (interest) → sich verlieren, sich totlaufen; (excitement) → sich legen; (plan) → im Sande verlaufen

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