die out

verb

1. (of a family, race, etc) to die one after another until few or none are left
2. to become extinct, esp after a period of gradual decline

Idioms and Phrases

Gradually become extinct, as in As technology advances, and Western culture spreads, many folk traditions are dying out . [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

Though they looked a bit like tigers or lions, saber-toothed cats died out around the end of the last Ice Age, and aren’t related to any kind of cats that exist today.

From NewsForKids.net

The front will weaken as pressure rises again on Sunday and the rain will die out.

From BBC

“It kind of scares me because I can’t be there all the time. ... I just don’t want to see that service kind of die out,” Tuyor said.

From Los Angeles Times

But over time, that militia movement sort of dies out.

From Salon

"The music can’t die out," says MC Bushkin defiantly, though he admits garage may not be "as popular as it once was".

From BBC

Related Words

• abandon
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• dissipate
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• recede
• retire
• retreat
• sink
• wane