The river tapers off here and becomes a brook.
Robert gave up smoking all at once instead of tapering off.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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 off — index subside Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
taper off — verb 1. end weakly (Freq. 1) The music just petered out there was no proper ending • Syn: ↑peter out, ↑fizzle out, ↑fizzle • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue • … Useful english dictionary
taper off — to gradually lessen. The price of gasoline should taper off in the fall. The rain will taper off by morning and the afternoon should be sunny … New idioms dictionary
taper off — verb To diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc. Months after they printed the article, the number of angry letters finally started to taper off … Wiktionary
taper off — come to an end little by little, become smaller toward the end The rain began to taper off early in the afternoon … Idioms and examples
taper off — verb Date: 1848 taper < housing starts tapered off in the fall > … New Collegiate Dictionary
taper off — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. recede, rescind, diminish; see decrease 2 , taper … English dictionary for students
taper off — see taper 2) … English dictionary
taper off — gradually lessen. → taper … English new terms dictionary
taper off — {v.} 1. To come to an end little by little; become smaller toward the end. * /The river tapers off here and becomes a brook./ 2. To stop a habit gradually; do something less and less often. * /Robert gave up smoking all at once instead of… … Dictionary of American idioms
