die away

Idioms and Phrases

Also, die down . Gradually diminish, fade, or subside; slowly come to an end. For example, As they moved higher up, their voices died away , or The rain seems to be dying down . The first term, from the late 1600s, today is most often applied to a diminishing sound and was originally used to describe the wind slowing down or ceasing to blow. The variant dates from the first half of the 1800s.

Related Words

• abate
• deteriorate
• dim
• diminish
• disappear
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• ebb
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• lessen
• melt
• peter out
• sink
• vanish
• wane
• weaken
• wilt
• wither