level\ out

level\ out
• level off
• level out
v
1. To make flat or level.

The steamroller leveled out the gravel roadbed and then the concrete was poured.

2. To move on an even level.

The airplane leveled out at 2,000 feet.

After going up for six months, the cost of living leveled off in September.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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