fizzle out
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Verb | 1. | fizzle out - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" |
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fizzle out
verb (Informal) die away, fail, collapse, fold (informal), abort, fall through, peter out, come to nothing, miss the mark, end in disappointment The strike fizzled out on its first day.
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