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Meanings of peter out in English

Catalan
espatllar-se

Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working.

        espatllar-se

        End weakly.

              Usage of peter out in English
              1
              All could have more usual winter conditions as wetter conditions peter out.
              News.com.au
              2
              Something minor, quite possibly a material development, could peter out into nothing.
              The South African
              3
              James emerged at ground level just as it began to peter out.
              James Potter and the Morrigan Web
              4
              Neo-Thanaticism began to peter out as the turn of the century approached.
              The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
              5
              His characters - wayward and potty - peter out with no explanation.
              The Guardian
              6
              It takes a long time before Veronica's sobs peter out into silence.
              Night of knives
              7
              After a few meters the tide of blood began to peter out.
              Complete Books of Blood
              8
              You peter out; the engine dulls; the shining coin wears thin.
              O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
              9
              These textual side roads are intriguing, but tend to peter out.
              The Guardian
              10
              They will be hoping the typhoon could peter out or take another direction.
              Radio NZ
              11
              This is where the subdivisions peter out to vacant lots and plowed fields.
              Fight Club
              12
              So I'd bet they're hoping for the thing will peter out.
              The Guardian
              13
              Eventually a ceasefire will stick and the war will peter out.
              The Guardian
              14
              This decorator stuff will peter out after you get beyond the locked doors.
              Choke
              15
              However; this cosmic hint may well peter out into nothing.
              The South African
              16
              Some last a rather long time, some peter out in a matter of seconds.
              The Irish Times
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