die down

phrasal verb

died down; dying down; dies down
: to gradually become less strong
The wind will die down in the evening.
She waited for the noise to die down before she started singing.

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The spirited debate has died down a smidge since the initial post with the hypothetical went viral on April 24. Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 1 May 2025 Since that time, some of that chatter has really died down. Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 1 May 2025 By this year, amid strong a strong job market and cooling inflation, such talk had died down. Catherine Arnst, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025 The racial conversations about the situation haven't died down across social media. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for die down

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“Die down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/die%20down. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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