- taper\ down
- adj. phr.To decrease; reduce.
He has tapered down his drinking from three martinis to one beer a day.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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taper down — {adj. phr.} To decrease; reduce. * /He has tapered down his drinking from three martinis to one beer a day./ … Dictionary of American idioms
taper down — {adj. phr.} To decrease; reduce. * /He has tapered down his drinking from three martinis to one beer a day./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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taper off — taper / taper off [v] decrease to a point abate, bate, close, come to a point, die away, die out, diminish, drain, dwindle, fade, lessen, narrow, recede, reduce, rescind, subside, thin, thin out, wane, weaken, wind down; concepts 137,698,776 Ant … New thesaurus
taper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. narrow; come to a point; lessen, slacken, slack off, diminish. n. candle, light; pyramid, cone, spire, etc. See narrowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. narrow, lessen, thin out, thin down, reduce, whittle … English dictionary for students
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Never Let Me Down Again — Single par Depeche Mode extrait de l’album Music for the Masses Face A Never Let Me Down Again Face B Pleasure Little Treasure/To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster) Sortie 24 août 1987 … Wikipédia en Français
