gutter out
verb
guttered out; guttering out; gutters out
1
: to become gradually weaker and then go out
the candle guttered out
2
: to end feebly or undramatically
his screen career had slowly guttered out
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One night as the war guttered out, while a wild party was held at the Darkenbloom castle, the starving workers were taken into the woods and shot by S.S. soldiers.
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James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
An apparent trend toward dense urban living lit hopes in the world of land-use planners, but those hopes are guttering out.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
An apparent trend toward dense urban living lit hopes in the world of land-use planners, but those hopes are guttering out.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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“Gutter out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gutter%20out. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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