fade to black
idiom
of a movie or TV screen
: to change gradually until it is completely black
As the hero rides into the sunset, the screen fades to black.
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In fact, just when the stakes couldn’t be higher, the screen will fade to black at the mid-point.
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Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
At about 100 times that distance, the optical gleam of Earth’s city lights would fade to black—better but still far short of even our next nearest star.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2025
Perhaps a soft vignette or fade to black, or a final curtain over the whole thing.
—Steffi Cao, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
Should the high court step in to block it, the fade to black on TikTok would be put off.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
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Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
At about 100 times that distance, the optical gleam of Earth’s city lights would fade to black—better but still far short of even our next nearest star.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2025
Perhaps a soft vignette or fade to black, or a final curtain over the whole thing.
—Steffi Cao, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
Should the high court step in to block it, the fade to black on TikTok would be put off.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fade to black
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“Fade to black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fade%20to%20black. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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