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taper off
verb
Definition of TAPER OFF
: taper <housing starts tapered off in the fall>
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First Known Use of TAPER OFF
1848
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- Synonyms
- abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, decrease, wane
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