taper off

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Verb taper off has 2 senses

taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
--₁ is one way to discontinue
Sample sentence:
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taper off - become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off"
--₂ is one way to narrow, contract
Sample sentence:
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