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Meanings of tapering off in English

Gradually decreasing until little remains.

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Usage of tapering off in English
1
Let's have that shot; you can see for yourself I'm tapering off.
Bring the Jubilee
2
Isaac's yowls were tapering off, now that his mother was ignoring him.
Winter door
3
As the laughter was tapering off, Stan suddenly burst into miserable tears.
IT
4
Talk to your doctor about tapering off if you must use this drug.
Prescription alternatives: hundreds of safe, natural, prescripti...
5
Gage's cries were tapering off to whimperings; he was already almost asleep again.
Pet Sematary
6
The surge in online shopping shows no signs of tapering off just yet.
The Irish Times
7
The exit parade was tapering off when Ramsey's thumb went still.
Speaking in Bones
8
He was tapering off, building the crown of his good stack.
The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
9
With fiscal stimulus tapering off, there has been a raft of furlough announcements.
Reuters
10
The rain was tapering off, the sound of thunder more distant than before.
Speaks the Nightbird
11
But this is a tapering off from 20-plus percent growth a few years ago.
Reuters
12
But demand was tapering off, he said, with supply up by 70 per cent.
News.com.au
13
The cars are now made quite cylindrical, tapering off abruptly at the closed end.
The Dominion in 1983
14
It is about twelve inches deep and ten wide, tapering off at the ends.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
15
The exodus was tapering off, but Blackbeard didn't stop jumping.
On Stranger Tides
16
When he was " tapering off," I went with him into the saloons.
From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common