wither away
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To slowly dry up and die or get weaker, like a plant that isn't watered.
"Without any rain for weeks, the flowers in the garden began to wither away."
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1. Introduction: What is Political Philosophy?
YaleCourses · 35:03
It would wither away.
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It starts to wither away.
We Need to Rethink Exercise (Updated Version)
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and sustain them or your new muscles wither away.
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the other unimportant connections to kind of wither away.
The Soviet Economy from Revolution to Khrushchev
The Cold War · 11:54
then bourgeoa institutions would proceed to naturally wither away.