die away

Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

"It wasn't going to die away - it was something bigger than that," Mr Whitworth said.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2023

Shouts of approval for Saldaña’s emotional rendition of “México Lindo y Querido,” the classic ranchera that asks the living to take the protagonist back to Mexico if he should die away from his home country.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

Heinicke has graduated, passed the stage of charming fluke and journeyman legend, and the quaint stories about how he was living on his sister’s couch will die away now, because he is a talent.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

He presses play and rushes out, reappearing when the last notes die away.

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2019

She turned away and he shut the door; he stood listening to the soft whisper of her shoes die away down the hall, then on the stairs.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Related Words

• abate
• decay
• decline
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• die down
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• lessen
• peter out
• shrink
• shrivel
• sink
• subside
• wane
• weaken
• wither