peter out
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To slowly get smaller and smaller until there is nothing left.
"The dirt track petered out at the edge of the forest, leaving us with no clear route."
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will peter out in that time period,
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will go some distance and then peter out.
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start to peter out in a few billion years.
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It's like to peter out means to lose
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peter out by the time they reach the surface.