tail off

phrasal verb

tailed off; tailing off; tails off

: to become smaller or quieter in a gradual way

Our productivity tailed off last year.

She started to ask a question and then her voice tailed off.

Examples of tail off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Alexia was the star of the group stage, scoring three goals and providing four assists in the first three games but her performances tailed off in the knockout stages from that incredibly high standard. —Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

The film follows the adventures of Cruise's Joel Goodson (Good Son, get it?), an ace student in a Chicago suburb working his tail off to get into Princeton University. —Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025

After that, things tail off quickly, with only a few players worth eight figures, based on my BORD$ estimates, having any realistic chance of changing teams (more on the methodology here). —John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2025

After that initial exuberance, the price tailed off before plateauing around 11 a.m. —Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 July 2025

Rhymes for tail off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff