fizzle out
Upper Intermediate (B2)informal
To slowly stop and disappear, usually in a disappointing way — like fireworks that don't go off.
"Their romance fizzled out after only a few months."
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Philip DeFranco · 8:10
it would just fizzle out.
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And it kind of did it fizzle out.
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And it kind of did a fizzle out.
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Brozime · 13:16
Your projectiles just kind of like fizzle out.
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My First Million · 46:54
figure out real trend versus fizzle out trend?