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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.

Synonyms
Examples for "fizzle"
Examples for "fizzle"
1
That said; connections made today are likely to fizzle out into nothing!
The South African
2
But Travis had seen other such efforts fizzle out over the years.
Beginnings
3
But any momentum behind the deal appeared to fizzle quickly on Thursday.
Reuters
4
Days of protests seemed to fizzle out, but continued in some places.
Reuters
5
You can expect the deluges to fizzle out in the early evening.
The South African
1
But, eventually that increase would taper off should demand not be sustained.
Reuters
2
But, eventually that increase will taper off if demand is not sustained.
Reuters
3
She closed her eyes again and felt the quaking finally taper off.
Book Two: Descent
4
When it began to taper off, I looked up into Eric's eyes.
Living dead in dallas
5
They merely sustain the hope that easing won't taper off quickly.
Reuters
1
That said; connections made today are likely to fizzle out into nothing!
The South African
2
But Travis had seen other such efforts fizzle out over the years.
Beginnings
3
Days of protests seemed to fizzle out, but continued in some places.
Reuters
4
You can expect the deluges to fizzle out in the early evening.
The South African
5
These weather systems usually fizzle out shortly after the coldest air arrives.
News.com.au
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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