tail off

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tail off

verb tails off · tailing off · tailed off

To gradually subside or diminish. After losing to Sam Querrey in the third round of Wimbledon in 2016, Djokovic alluded to difficulties in his personal life and his form subsequently tailed off.
Similar: fade away, fade out, tail away

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@misc{tail_off_2026,
  title = {tail off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tail%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}