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FIZZLE OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
Synonyms:
fizzle; fizzle out; peter out; taper off
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "fizzle out" is one way to...):
discontinue (come to or be at an end)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s