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FIZZLE OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

End weakly

Example:

The music just petered out--there was no proper ending

Synonyms:

fizzle; fizzle out; peter out; taper off

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "fizzle out" is one way to...):

discontinue (come to or be at an end)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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