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

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

As soon as their last echoes die away, they are gone forever.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

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

I’d stand still and listen to the echo of my voice die away in the distance.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Related Words

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• sink
• subside
• wane
• weaken
• wither