taper off

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	taper off - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" fizzle, fizzle out, peter out discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"
	2.	taper off - become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off" narrow, contract - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

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Translations

w>taper off

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(lit) → spitz zulaufen, sich zuspitzen; (vase) → sich verjüngen; (road, trousers) → sich verengen

(fig: = decrease gradually) → langsam aufhören; (numbers) → langsam zurückgehen; (production) → langsam auslaufen

vt sep edge → abschrägen; end of plank, stick etc → zuspitzen; (fig) production → zurückschrauben; (= bring to an end) → langsam auslaufen lassen

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