die away
— phrasal verb with die uk/daɪ/us/daɪ/verb [ I ] present participle dying, past tense and past participle died
If something, especially a sound, dies away, it gradually becomes reduced until it stops existing or disappears:
The sound of his footsteps gradually died away.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- miniaturize
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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